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220 E ِﻟ َﺮ ِّﺑ َﻚ َو ا ۡﻧ َﺤ ۡﺮ َﻓ َﺼ ِّﻞ E ِا َّﻧ ۤﺎ َا ۡﻋ َﻄ ۡﻴ ٰﻨ َﻚ ا ۡﻟ َﻜ ۡﻮ َﺛ َﺮ ِا َّن َﺷ ﺎ ِﻧ َﺌ َﻚ ُﻫ َﻮ ا َۡﻻ ۡﺑ َُرت “ Surely, We have bestowed upon thee an abundance of good; So, pray to thy Lord, and offer sacrifice. Surely, it is thy enemy who shall be without issue. ” (Holy Qur’an , Ch. 108: V. 2 - 4) God Almighty states that the Holy Prophet ’s sa enemies claimed that he d id not have any male offspring, and so his name will be erased from this world. But they are liars, for God Almighty will bring their sons to th e Holy Prophet ’s sa feet, and they will forever be a means of glorification for the Holy Prophet ’s sa name. In other words, this verse foretells that the Holy Prophet sa will be bestowed with spiritual offspring. You a re a lso O bserving a D emonstration o f E ِا َّﻧ ۤﺎ َا ۡﻋ َﻄ ۡﻴ ٰﻨ َﻚ ا ۡﻟ َﻜ ۡﻮ َﺛ َﺮ Hence , those of you who sit here at this time , you are also the children of the Promised Messiah as , the spiritual son of Holy Prophet sa. You are a witness of : ِا َّﻧ ۤﺎ َا ۡﻋ َﻄ ۡﻴ ٰﻨ َﻚ ا ۡﻟ َﻜ ۡﻮ َﺛ َﺮ Just take the example of this district. W hen we came here, there were only four or five Ahmadis , b ut now , even in the villages of Bharwana and Mangla there are around two thousand Ahmadis. Eighteen or nineteen thousand Ahmadis are in Lyallpur d istrict and about sixty thousand in Sialkot. When the Promised Messiah as held the Jalsa in Qadian in 1891 , only seventy - five members participated, which delighted the Promised Messiah as. Then next year in 1892, the participation increased to three hundred and twenty - seven , s o in one year the number of Jalsa Salana participants increased from seventy - five to three hundred and twenty - seven. In this way, the Jama ‘ at continued to increase in numbers every year. Now, look ! The Jhang and Sargodha districts have five or six thousand Ahmadis, and this number is much larger than the p revious ones. Thus , Allah is blessing us with all sorts of abundance , which