Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 247
247 APPENDIX TO BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FIVE عفت الديار ]afatid-diyār-residences will be wiped out'], having been published in Al-Hakam just five months earlier. And the revelation: عفت الديار محلها ومقامها [Temporary residences and permanent ones will be wiped out] expresses the grandeur of that very earthquake. Therefore, it was not necessary to mention the word 'earthquake' again. Now tell me what good is the life of one who claimed that some- thing could not be produced till Doomsday, yet it appeared from right under his nose! بمردی که تا زیستن مرد را به از زندگانی حیا It is better for a man to die of shame Than to live without decency and shame. جہنم کزو داد فرقان خبر بسوزد درو کاذب بد The Hell foretold by the Holy Quran Is the burning abode of the liar and the evil one. Anyone who is not blind and dead can appreciate that this prophecy enjoys clarity and eloquence of the highest order as is required of this prophecy; indeed, even greater than that. To deny it is such obstinacy that it clearly shows that such a person does not even believe in God. And this is not something new. In earlier times, people who were not willing to accept the truth under any circumstances, adopted the same attitude. In the fervour of prejudice, you might also object that God Almighty gave the news of the earthquake five months earlier, which was published in Al-Hakam on 24 December 1903, and then described the signs of the ferocity of the earthquake and its horrible consequence five months later by means of His revelation; [objecting] why did He not describe them together? Should you raise such an objection, it