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a king. This king would fight and win territories. He would gather. Jews from all over the world and assemble them in Palestine. He would create a mighty Jewish empire. Contrary to all their eager expectations, when the God- appointed Masih, Christ son of Mary, peace be upon him, came without an army, the Jews repudiated his prophethood and determined to put an end to his life. Since then the. Jews have waited the rise of the Masih Mau'ud, the glad tidings of whose arrival had been delivered to them by the prophets of yore. . Their literature abounds with wishful dreams of this millennium and for centuries the Jews have been savouring the imaginary pleasure afforded by the description of this millennium in the Talmud and the works of the Rabbis. The Jewish nation has cherished the hope that this Promised Messiah would be a great military and political leader. . He will restore to them the country between the River Nile and. Euphrates and will also gather Jews from all over the world and asemble them once again in this territory. "14. EXPECTATIONS OF THE PSEUDO MUSLIM ULEMMA. It sounds ironic that while the critics of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad very rightly censure the Hebrew nation for their rejection of the Mosaic. Messiah, Jesus son of Mary because he did not fulfill their 'eager expectations based upon wishful dreams,' they themselves reject the. Messiah of the Muhammedian dispensation on similar grounds and allege that he did not literally fulfill the Signs which were prophesied in the. Traditions of the Holy Prophet of Islam. '. The opponents of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad reject his claim to be the Promised Messiah on the grounds that he did not literally descend from heaven in his physical body while resting his hands on the wings of two angels¹s nor did he descend on a white minaret situated in the city of. Damascus. 16 They reject his claim because he was not clad in two yellow 15 14. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood: pgs 66/67 15. Hasan, s: The Truth About Ahmadiyyat: pg 6 16. Government of Pakstan: Qadianis Threat to Islamic Solidarity: pgs 16/17 138