The Descent of the Messiah — Page 293
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS 121 [continued] I have made on oath, is false, then Allah the Almighty might be pleased to bring about my death in great tor- ment within the lifetime of the progeny of Maulawi Abdullah and his followers and disciples; and if I have told the truth, then God might be pleased to make me prevail and to confound them, or to guide them. Mau- lawi Abdullah's own words were: "You have been given the sword of heavenly signs and other arguments. When I was in the world, I was hoping that God would raise such a person in the world. " This is the dream that I saw. الْعَنْ مَنْ كَذَبَ وَأَيْدُ مَنْ صَدَقَ 1 No Date of Prophecy 122 Around 1878 The Revelation that I have been graced with has disclosed to me these miraculous prophecies that have already ap- peared in the world, and thousands of witnesses attest to them, some of which have been mentioned here Date Prophecy Fulfilled When Maulawi Ghaznawi passed away, according to my The prophecy above-mentioned dream, then, as I have just stated, a few is continuously days later I saw him in a dream wherein I related a dream being fulfilled. to him in which [I saw that] he [Maulawi Abdullah Ghaznawi] was standing in the street of a large town and I entered a mosque with him, and he had a large number of people with him, who were strong men, all armed and wearing military uniforms. Maulawi Abdullah seemed to be one of them and appeared as a young man, very strong, in military uniform, and armed with his sword hanging by his side. I felt that all these people were await- ing some grand command, and all of them were angels equipped and ready for some desperate venture. Then I told Maulawi Abdullah Sahib about my dream. I said to him that I had seen in a dream that I was holding in my hand a very bright and luminous sword, whose tip was "O, Lord, curse him who lies, and succour him who tells the truth. " [Publisher] 293