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CHAPTER THREE. THE PROMISED MESSIAH. Traditions attributed to our beloved master, Hazrat Muhammed. Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, indicate that while our beloved Prophet, peace be upon him, warned Muslims against the fearful appearance of the Dajaal, he also comforted them with the promise that when this Anti Christ finally appears to beleaguer the world, God Almighty will raise the Messiah who would save the believers from destruction and annihilation at the hands of the one eyed liar. ¹. As a result of this promise, Muslims of most persuasions have anxiously awaited the appearance of the Messiah in nearly every century of the Islamic era and more so at the close of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century Hijra. ². Ironically, when God Almighy did finally fulfill the expectations of millions of Muslims and raised the Promised Messiah in the person of. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, a larger majority of mullahs, apprehensive of their own position and status in the presence of a divinely appointed leader amongst the Ummah, raised a clamour against him and denied his claim on the alleged grounds that none of the signs indicated in the Traditions appear to have been literally fulfilled with his advent. ³ 1. Sahih Muslim 2. Nadwi, A. H: Qadianism. A Critical Study: pg 5. Shah, Hazrat Sayyed Wali Ullah: Arbeen fee Ahwal e Mehdiyin. Khan, Nawab Siddiq Hasan of Bhopal: Hujajjal Kiramah 3. Hasan, s: The Truth About Ahmadiyyat. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood. Nadwi, A. H: Qadianism. A Critical Study. Zaheer, E. E: Qadiyaniat. An Analytical Study 136