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Glossary A m i n Let it be so. Arabic equivalent to amen. A ryah A Hindu sect founded by Pan- dit Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875. Their first and foremost be- lief is that Parmeshwar [God] is not the Creator of matter and souls. Rather, all of these things are eternal and self-subsisting like Par- meshwar. ‘ Asa’ -e-M u sa The staff of Moses. Also the name of a book written by an opponent of the Promised Mes- siah as. Auliy a ’ Literally means ‘Friends’ and is the plural of wal i , which is generally used to refer to a saintly person. Shorter version of auliy a ’- ull a h. Bai‘at Oath of allegiance to a re- ligious leader; initiation at the hands of a Prophet or his Khalifah. Bar a h i n Convincing and conclusive arguments, evidence, and proof; the singular is burh a n. Short name for Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, the five- part magnum opus of the Prom- ised Messiah as. Dajj a l A term in Arabic that liter- ally means, ‘the great deceiver’. In Islamic terminology ‘Dajj a l’ refers to those satanic forces that would be unleashed in the Latter Days to oppose the Promised Messiah as and al-Imam al-Mahdi. Dur u d Invocation of blessings upon the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as. Frontier Region In this booklet the term Frontier Region refers to the North Western Frontier Province of India (now Pakistan) and con- tiguous regions of Afghanistan. H ad i th A saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as. The plural is a ha d i th.