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221 ِا َّﻧ ۤﺎ َا ۡﻋ َﻄ ۡﻴ ٰﻨ َﻚ ا ۡﻟ َﻜ ۡﻮ َﺛ َﺮ points to as well. No doubt that one of the meanings of Kauthar is a son who brings abundant goodness and that is the Promised Messiah as. But Kauthar also means an abundance of the community. And [ t he verse] : E ِا َّﻧ ۤﺎ َا ۡﻋ َﻄ ۡﻴ ٰﻨ َﻚ ا ۡﻟ َﻜ ۡﻮ َﺛ َﺮ (Holy Qur’an , Ch. 108: V. 2) means that there will be a large number of such people w ho are sincere and zealous in tabligh. So , witness how Ahmadiyyat has progressed de spite unfavorable circumstances. [The year] w hen the Promised Messiah as passed away, the number of people who attended the Jalsa Salana was seven hundred and fifty. That year he went for a walk in the evening and his foot kept coming out of h is shoes due to the crowd. On return , he said that the Jama ‘ at has progressed so much now that this year we have seven hundred and fifty people ! B ut look , by the grace of God Almighty, the people who attend the Khuddam or Ansar Ijtema numbers more than seven hundred and fifty and the Jalsa Salana has many times this. Last year more than sixty thousand people came to the Jalsa Salana. This year even if the number of people attendi ng declines a bit, there will still be a round fifty to fifty - five thousand participants. Then if we add all of those who attend Jalsa Salana s around the world, it is even higher. Last year I announced that sixty - one Bai ‘ ats have come from the Philippines. Now I have been informed from there that the Bai ‘ at count has increased to five hundred. All these converts were Christians before. The Philippines was f irst conquered by Spain ; l ater America fought for it and conquered it as well. In fact, they conquered Cuba along with the Philippines. The g eneral who conquered the Philippines was Portuguese. Histo rical accounts t ell tha t after the conquest, this g eneral hung his sword in a certain spot and announced that whoever w ishes to save his life should pass under the sword and proclaim that he is Christian, but anyone who denounc es Christianity will be slain. Thus , a nyone who s aid this statement w as spared and those who did not