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sa ± _________________________________________________________________ True meanings of the word "Nuzul-e-Mas h", ™ − ¿ ± some of the achievements of the Promised Messiah , and arguments in support of his truth as Hence, everyone should reflect, including those who are known as Muslims. We too should explain to them, and should not get embroiled in debates with the so-called religious scholars that the Messiah who had to come has not yet come or that he is to descend at such and such location. The fact is that the way in which this concept is presented is the result of not understanding a Hadith. The Promised Messiah has explained this tradition as as follows, he says: If it is said that the Ahad th relate in clear and evident words that ™ ± ¿ the Messiah, son of Mary, shall descend from the heavens and that his descent shall take place near the eastern minaret in Damascus and he will have his hands on the shoulders of two angels; then how could this specific and clear statement be denied? That is to say, that this is what people say and as it is a clear and obvious statement, people ask, how could it be denied? In response the Promised Messiah stated: as The answer to this is that descending from the heavens does not indicate that in reality a being would bodily come down, rather in the authentic Ahad th, even the word 'heavens' is not ™ ± ¿ 36