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xxiii I NT rod U c TI o N recognized the Khalifah of Allah, the Mahdi—they need to study the works of the Promised Messiah as and inculcate the habit of reading them among their children. Therein you will find the life-giving spiritual water to sustain and foster your faith. As the Promised Messiah as says: I tell you truly that those who were revived by the Messiah as [ Jesus] are dead, but he who will drink of the cup that has been bestowed upon me will never die. If there is anyone else who can also utter the life-giving words that I speak and proclaim such wisdom as I do, then you are at liberty to conclude that I have not come from God Almighty. However, if this wisdom and understand- ing—which serves as the water of life for those whose hearts are dead—is not procurable from any other source, then you have no excuse for the crime of having rejected the fountain that has been opened from heaven. No one on earth can stop it. ( Iz a la-e-Auh a m , R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 3, p. 104) The Jam a ‘at has already published English translations of over thirty books of the Promised Messiah as and further publications continue. The translation of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya constitutes a landmark, because it is widely recognized as his magnum opus, which laid down the themes which are further elaborated in his later works. The Promised Messiah as was informed in a divine revelation that Allah the Almighty will carry his message to the ends of the earth. In his own lifetime, the facilities for this propagation had already started appearing as he says: