Astronomical signs

Various astronomical signs have been prophesised in Islam, Christianity and Sikhism to mark the arrival of the messiah, including eclipses of the sun and the moon. In the Holy Bible, Jesusas speaks about the time when the messiah will appear:

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.”4

In Islam, the prophecy regarding eclipses is given in the following Hadith:

For our Mahdi (Spiritual Reformer) there are two Signs which have never occurred before since the creation of the heavens and the earth, namely, the moon will be eclipsed on the first night in Ramadhan (i.e., on the first of the nights on which a lunar eclipse can occur) and the Sun will be eclipsed on the middle day of Ramadhan (i.e., on the middle day on which a solar eclipse can occur) and these Signs have not happened since the creation of the heavens and the earth.5

Likewise, in the Sri Guru Garanth Sahib, it states:

“When Maharaj will come as Nahkalank, the sun and the moon will be his helpers.”6

Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas was born in the Sikh Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He came as Nahkalank (reformer), and indeed the sun and the moon were his helpers in his claim. From all three religions it is clear that eclipses of the sun and the moon will take place and there will be many astronomical events to mark the coming of the messiah.

In the 19th Century, the earth saw many astronomical events 7: Bielids comet, followed by meteor showers, Leonid comet, the Great comet of 1882, Haley’s comet, Holmes comet, to name a few. Further to this, the world saw the above prophecy of the eclipse fulfilled. On 21st March 1894, (13th day of Ramadhan) the eclipse of the moon took place in the eastern Hemisphere. On 6th April 1894, (28th day of Ramadan), an eclipse of the sun occurred for two hours.8 This phenomenon was prophesised in both Christianity as well as Islam, and took place in 1894; four years after Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas claimed to be the Promised Messiah, thus proving his claim to be true.