The Descent of the Messiah — Page 22
THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH times. To elaborate: First of all, Allah, the Lord of Power and Glory, informed me of a deadly pestilence twenty-three years ago, and this revelation is recorded on page 518 of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya as a prophecy: وَقَالُوا أَنَّى لَكَ هَذَا - إِنْ هُذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ - لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً عَدُوٌّ لِي وَعَدُوٌّ لَكَ قُلْ إِلَى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا لَا يُصَدِّقُ السَّفِيهُ إِلَّا سَيْفَةَ الْهَلَاكِ - عَدُوٌّ لِي وَعَدُوا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ الَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا بَلَى Translation: "They will say, 'How could you be granted this status? This is but a trick that is being played. We will certainly not believe in you until we openly see God. ' Fools will not accept any sign other than the sign of death, for they are My enemy and your enemy. Say to them: "The sign of death, that is the plague, arrives, but it will be a while [until it does] so be not in a hur- ry. When the help of Allah arrives [He will say] 'Am I not your Lord?' They will say 'Yes, indeed!" Along with this, there is also this revelation recorded on page 5191: أَمْرَاضُ النَّاسِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ That is to say, the disease shall spread among the people and God's blessings shall descend along with it. It shall occur in this manner that firstly, as a sign God will save many people from the disease. Secondly, the disease shall be the cause of blessings for the Faith and many at that dreadful time shall partake of these 1 For the English reference see Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV. Islam Interna- tional Publications Ltd. 2016. pp. 398. [Publisher] 2 "The disease of people and His blessings" [Publisher] 22