Abdul Basit,
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Ahmadjee sir jee, I am still waiting for reply to this post.
You said go over one by one with references, well here they are.
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Sorry for the delay. It’s always wise to confirm something before claiming it. I was doing some research.
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Prophecy Concerning his Death in a Holy City
Mirza Ghulam had stated:
"I will die either in Mekkah or Medina."
(Roohany Khazaen, Vol. 2, P. 105; Tadhkira, P. 591)
Mirza Ghulam did not ever see Mekkah or Medina ....He died in the city of Lahor, Pakistan; his body was moved and burried in Qadian.
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The reason why I ask you if you have the original text or not, is because, all the books by Hazrat Ahmad (as) are in Urdu. I have seen sometimes the translation being corrupted, though not in this case. And if you or others who question can put forward the Urdu words there, then it helps a lot.
Secondly, as I have admitted before that I do not own a copy of Rohany Khazain nor Tadhkira! I tried to find this out from some people that I knew do have a copy! I doubt you have one, so don’t worry I won’t even ask.
Usually the text around it contains the answer as well, as is the case here.
If you do not know, Tadhkira is a book compiled of many revelations to Hazrat Ahmad (as) and some of them have a commentary by Hazrat Ahmad (as) himself as to how he understands them to be.
For this particular revelation, Hazrat Ahmad (as) writes in his own words
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"(This means that God says. )You will **not **die like a "Loser". The sentence "Either I will die in Mecca or in Medina" (possibly ) means that, Before I die, I would be awarded with a victory same like when Mecca was conquered and where all the opponents were defeated with the vengeance . The very same way, (My ) opponents will also be defeated with (God's ) vengeance. OR else It (could also ) mean that Before I die, I would be awarded with a victory same like Medina where People's hearts would be changed towards me (to accept me ).”
The sentence (in the revelation ) "Katabullaho....." points towards Mecca (victory ) and (other ) sentence "Salaam'an Salaam'an....." points towards Medina (victory ).
*Al- Bushra, Vol 2 Page. 106, (Please note that this book is not by Promised Messiah. )
Tadhkira, P. 526,
Al- Hakam, Vol 10, Page 2*
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So you see, He never claimed to die in Medina or Mecca in the first place. And his own explanation clarified for the reader what he thought the revelation meant.
I guess the website you copied this from didn’t tell you about the whole text?
p.s: I will answer the rest of your questions in my lunch break. Deal?