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15 Islam], and that they were not buried in a Muslim cem- etery. Furthermore, a book or record of their lies, which they considered to be the word of God, must be shown to exist somewhere so that one can inquire into whether their claims were categorical and whether they enunciated that they were Prophets in a real sense or as a reflection thereof. That is, in order to reach a proper understanding of how they perceived of their revelations, in so much as, whether they claimed that their revelations were from God every much as the rev- elations of past Prophets. If so, the verse 9 َ ﺗَﻘَﻮَّل would al- so be applicable to them. It seems Ha fi z Sahib is una- ware of the fact that conviction and certainty are in- trinsic to the injunction contained in this verse. As I have stated numerous times before, the words I speak most certainly emanate from God, in the same way that the Holy Quran and the Torah emanated from Him. I am a Prophet of God in a Z ill i and Bur u z i 10 sense. All Muslims are obligated to obey me in matters of reli- gion and to accept me as the Promised Messiah. Those 9 Al- Ha qqah , 69:45-46. [see page 10] [Publishers] 10 The words Z ill i and Bur u z i signify that the Promised Messiah was not a Prophet in his own right but achieved the mantle of Prophethood by completely immersing himself into the person of the Holy Prophet sa. In this way he was a reflection of the Prophet’s spiritual light. [Publishers]