Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 217
CHAPTER TWO FULFILMENT OF PROPHECIES 217 آسماں پر شور ہے پر کچھ نہیں تم کو خبر دن تو روشن تھا مگر ہے بڑھ گئی گرد و غبار A tumult abounds in heaven yet you remain completely oblivious to it; The day was bright but now it is obscured by dust and grime. جس سے گردش کھائیں گے دیہات و شہر اور مرغزار اک نشاں ہے آنے والا آج سے کچھ دن کے بعد تاریخ امروزه ۱۵ اپریل ۱۹۰۵ء today is 15 April 1905 A Sign will appear some days hence; Which shall overwhelm the countryside, the cities, and the meadows. آئے گا قہر خدا سے خلق پر اک انقلاب اک برہنہ سے نہ یہ ہو گا کہ تا باندھے ازار People will be seized with a revolution by the divine wrath So suddenly that a naked one will have no time to secure his clothing. یک بیک اک زلزلہ سے سخت جنبش کھائیں گے * کیا بشر اور کیا شجر اور کیا حجر اور کیا بحار 1. All of a sudden, with a severe earthquake, all will be shaken up- Be they humans, tree, mountains, or seas. 1☆ Divine revelation has repeatedly employed the word 'earthquake' and has indicated that the earthquake will present a spectacle of Doomsday, as de- scribed in the Sūrah: إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا [When the earth is shaken with her violent shaking (Sūrah az-Zilzāl, 99:2)]. But I still cannot say with certainty if it will, in fact, be an earthquake. It may not be an ordinary earthquake but some other dire calamity evoking the spectacle of Doomsday, the like of which would not have been witnessed by this age, and which would bring about great destruction of life and property. However, if no such extraordinary Sign appears and people do not openly reform themselves, then I shall prove to be a liar. I have also written time and again that the terrible calamity which God has given the name of 'earth- quake' will not strike merely on account of religious differences, nor will the calamity befall anyone just because he is a Hindu or Christian, or because he has not pledged allegiance to me. All such people have nothing to fear. But everyone-regardless of which religion they belong to-who is a hardened