Once a man from the Shi‘ahs, who made himself known as Sheikh Najafi, came to Lahore and began to stir an uproar against me and demanded a Sign. Through the publication of an announcement dated 1 February 1897, I promised him that within forty days God Almighty would show some Sign of mine. Accordingly, the forty days had not yet ended, when on 6 March 1897, the Sign of the death of Lekh Ram of Peshawar was manifested. At this, the Sheikh Najafi disappeared without a trace. See my public Announcement dated 1 February 1897.