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SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SIGNS IN PROPHESY. The critics of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad do not deny the fact that the rejection of Jesus Christ as the anticipated Messiah of the Mosaic dispensation was a direct result of the Hebrew nation's failure to appreciate that the signs narrated in earlier prophesies were not expected to be fulfilled literally. It is regretted however, that while these pseudo scholars censure the Jewish people for their ignorance and transgression, they themselves refuse to accept the symbolic significance of the signs narrated in the Traditions of our beloved Prophet, Hazrat Muhammed. Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. . Infact, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's explanation of the significance of the signs narrated in our beloved Prophet's Traditions is not only considered frivolously by his opponents but is also treated with extreme contempt by his critics who not only accuse him of being ‘extremely unscrupulous' in his interpretations but also of 'giving reign to his fancy by indulging in great orgies of imagination with far fetched meanings and ridiculous notions. '36. HYPOCRISY OF CRITICS. One would have been inclined to give serious consideration to the objections raised by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's critics but for the hypocrisy so evidently displayed by them in their own treatment of several signs narrated in the Holy Prophet's Traditions bearing upon the advent of the Messiah. Infact, a thorough appraisal of most anti. Ahmadiyya publications reveals that whenever these critcs find themselves confronted with a difficulty in explaining rationally, any one of the Signs narrated in the Holy Prophet's Traditions, they take recourse to suggesting inferences and inductions, hence indulging in what they themselves consider to be 'great orgies of imagination. '. Traditions for instance state that our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, declared: 'I swear by Him Who hath power over my life; the son of Mary shall 36. Nadwi, A. H: Qadianism. A Critical Study: pp 43/44 141