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222 say it were killed right then and there. That is how the whole country converted to Christianity one day. So , the Philippines is very dear to us because it is our forefather’s inheritance. It was a Muslim country for centuries and then was converted to Christianity by force. Now with the grace of God Almighty , Islam is rapidly spreading there. I was informed in a letter that so far five hundred people have become Muslim in the Philippines, and one young man is coming here for education as well. In the same way, look at Germany as another example. There was a time when many grand philosophers and enemies of Islam who wrote books against Islam , amongst them were German s too. But n ow Islam is spreading there and we even have a m osque in Germany and land has been purchased for another one, with the hope that it will be completed by 1958. By 1959 , this number of mosques sh ould increase to three. These countries were once enemies of Muslims , but now they are leaning towards Islam , and those who are joining Islam are progressing. This revolution has occurred in a very short period of time. I n the time of the Promised Messiah as the Germans were opposed to Islam. This enmity continued up until World War II. Th e era of favorable inclination towards Islam came after 1945. This means it ha s only been twelve years since God Almighty turned the hearts of the Germans towards Islam and they became inclined towards it. What i s t he M eaning o f Kau th a r? E َﻓ َﺼ ِّﻞ ِﻟ َﺮ ِّﺑ َﻚ َو ا ۡﻧ َﺤ ۡﺮ 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 (Holy Qur’an , Ch. 108: V. 2 - 4) Therefore, here one meaning of Al - Kauthar is the Promised Messiah as a nd its interpretation is, ‘O Muhammad sa , We will bestow upon you a magnificent spiritual son like the Promised Messiah as , who will distribute treasures in abundance. ’ There is a prophecy in Ahadith that the Promised Messiah as will bring treasure s, but the people will not accep t them. Therefore , the Promised Messiah as wrote hundreds of books in support of Islam and laid the treasure s of religious truth and knowledge