The Guiding Light

by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad

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The Guiding Light — Page 196

S u rah an-N a s, Chapter 114 196 refers to those satanic forces that would be unleashed in the Latter Days to oppose the Promised Messiah as and al-Im a m al-Mahd i. 2 A similar prophecy in the Christian faith about the appearance of the Antichrist refers to the same phenomenon, and we have therefore translated the term ‘ Dajj a l ’ as ‘Antichrist. • The S u rah is quite fittingly entitled اﻟﻨﺎس اﻟﻨﺎس اﻟﻨﺎس اﻟﻨﺎس ( an-n a s ) mankind, since protection has been solicited from the Lord, King and God of mankind اﻟﻨﺎس ( an-n a s ) against the mischief of whisperers from among the Jinn and men, who whisper evil thoughts into the hearts of men اﻟﻨﺎس اﻟﻨﺎس اﻟﻨﺎس اﻟﻨﺎس ( an-n a s ). • 3 In the last verse of the Holy Qur’ a n Dajj a l is named Khannās. . 2 Conditions of Bai‘at & responsibilities of an Ahmad i , by Hadrat Mirz a Masroor Ahmad (Khalifatul Masih V aba , Islam International Publications Ltd. 2006 Page xiv 3 Tafs i rul-Qur’ a n by The Promised Messiah as , Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadi a n, Page 531 available on www. alislam. org