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CONTENTS VOLUME IV. PUBLISHERS' NOTE. FAMILY AND PERSONAL BACKGROUND. . GENEALOGY . . . . . VII . 1 1. FAMILY HISTORY. EARLY LIFE . . . . LAST DAYS OF HIS FATHER. 1 8. EARLY SERVICES TO FATHER AND FAMILY. 10 13. EARLY REVELATIONS. . . . . . . . . . 15. STATUS OF THE PROMISED MESSIAHAS . . . . 19. ALL BOUNTIES EARNED THROUGH THE HOLY PROPHETSA AND THE. HOLY QUR'AN . . . . . . 20. DIVINE SOURCE OF THE REVELATIONS . 20. WONDERS EXPERIENCED THROUGH FASTING 24. PHYSICAL DISCIPLINE AND HARDSHIP. . 25. SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE. . . . . . 27. BOUNTIES AND TITLES. . . . . . 29. Reformer of the Fourteenth Century. . . . . 30. Messiah and Mahdi . . . . . . . . . . . 32. To Chiefs, Leaders, Wealthy individuals and Officers of the. Government. . . Resemblance to Jesus son of Marys. Fulfilment of the Need of the Time. . . MISSION OF THE PROMISED MESSIAHAS. . Reform, not Innovation 33 33 35 36 38. Fighting the Satanic Forces of the Age. Denial amounts to disobedience of the Holy Prophets. . SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE 'MAHDI' . . . . . . . . . . COMPARISON WITH THE MIRACLES OF JESUSAS . 43 45 52 . 52. PROOF OF TRUTHFULNESS. TITLES OF 'PROPHET' AND 'MESSENGER'. TRIUMPH OF ISLAM. . . . . . . . . . . NAMES OF OTHER PROPHETS . . 60 67 . 73. A FOLLOWER AS WELL AS A PROPHET. THE HOLY PROPHET'S SA TESTIMONY THROUGH VISIONS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY QUR'AN . . . . . . . . . . . 75 79 86 87