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descend among you as a just ruler. He will break the cross and annihilate the swine. '37. If one was to be guided by the criterion of understanding our beloved. Prophet's Traditions in a strict literal sense only, then the literal implications of this particular sign would be too vast to conceive since one could not in his wildest imagination either envisage the number of crosses or crucifixes in this world nor could one conceive the total universal population of the swine. . In its most literal sense, this Tradition would require that at the time of his advent, the Promised Messiah not only search but also break every crucifix and kill every swine that exists at that point in time throughout the length and breadth of the globe - a daunting task for any human being whether he be a prophet or not since prophets too, being human, are subject to human limitations. . A CONVENIENT U TURN BY THE CRITICS. It would appear that those critics of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad who insist upon a literal fulfilment of the Signs indicated in the Holy. Prophet's Traditions have not failed to realise the extreme severity of this daunting task. They have hence swallowed their pride and manoeuvred a 360 degree U turn in relation to both these signs. . One critic of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, predisposed to insist upon a literal fulfillment of all the Signs narrated in the Holy Prophet's. Traditions states: 'The implication of breaking the cross and killing the swine is that. Christianity will become defunct as a religion. The whole edifice of. Christian religion is based on the belief that God crucified His only son on the cross and caused him to suffer this accursed death so that he may expiate the sins of man. Among the followers of God's prophets, the Christians are unique in having rejected the entire. Shariah of God and retaining this belief only. The swine has been declared unlawful by all Prophets but Christians have gone as far as 37. Sahih Bukhari: Kitab al Anbiyya: 60. 49 142