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as BIRTH OF FA D L-E-UMAR ra 197 wonderful understanding. He is under God’s protection and his enemies are afraid of him. He has grown up with amazing speed. He is the Divine light that illuminates the hearts of seekers after truth. He dispels all darkness of doubt with his glorious word. He is a blessing himself and a source of bleesings for the whole world. His fame has spread into the corners of the world. He is known from Lahore to London, from Kobe to Cairo, and from Chicago to Hong Kong. Thousands owe him allegiance in West Africa. His disciples have been subjected to persecution and martyrdom in Moscow and Kabul. The streets of Mecca, Damascus and Baghdad are not unknown to his followers. His representatives are working in Rome, Mauritius, Singapore, Batavia-Centrum, Haifa, Nairobi and Buenos Aires. The newspapers of Budapest, Melbourne, New York and Warsaw have published long accounts of the Movement led by him. Students of religion come in large numbers to sit at his feet from the Dutch East Indies and other distant parts of the world. At the early age of 25 he was elected as Head of the Ahmadiyya Movement and the ability and devotion displayed by him in his youth were of a very high order and under his leadership the Movement made progress so astounding that it could scarcely have been imagined. It has now become a world Movement. Since he became its Head great and stupendous changes have taken place in every part of