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55 disobedient ones who persist in denial and in calling the claimant a liar. • They have become deserving of the graces and blessings which descend upon those sincere people who, out of thinking well of a claimant, accepting the ones who comes from God Almighty. These are the benefits which will, God willing, be bestowed by Him on those fortunate ones who have accepted this humble one, Those who do not accept me are deprived of all this good fortune. ( Iz a lah-e-Auh a m , pp. 180-181, R uha n i Khaz a’ in, vol. 3, pp. 186-187) Impact The publication of these three books, Fat h e Islam , Tau dih-e- Mar a m and Iz a lah-e-Auh a m , represented a point of time at which the ulema all over India rose against the Promised Messiah as calling him kafir, Mul h id and what not, because these books together gave a new life to Islam by demolishing the outdated and outworn Christian concept of Jesus Christ. On March 23, 1889, at Ludhiana, the Promised Messiah as took the bai‘at of a number of his followers, thus laying the foundation of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Community. Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i and other ulema were now openly arrayed against the Promised Messiah as and instead of strengthening the hands of the Promised Messiah as in his battle against Christian missionaries, created a great rift. A great significance is attached to Ludhiana. The question is, why of all places, including Qadian, the Promised Messiah as decided to choose Ludhiana as the place for his bai‘at and the launching place of his mission, that of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi?. The fact is that it is Ludhiana where the Christian missionaries set up the first branch of the Bible Society in the Punjab. So God ordained that the Promised Messiah as should begin the work of Kasr-e- S al i b (the