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as in View of Some Renowned Muslim Scholars [ 10 ] objection was that our interpretation of the yellow sheets as ailments was incorrect, meaningless, and absurd. I had pointed out that if they disapprove the idea of interpreting yellow sheets then they should accept it in its literal sense, but should not forget that the Holy Prophet sa regards yel- low garments to be the dress of infidels, not to be used by the Muslims. Now I will address the second part of this criticism. The so-called White Paper puts it as the following: It has been stated very definitely and clearly in the a ha d i th that Jesus as son of Mary, will descend in Damascus and will liberate Muslims from the evil of the great deceiver, the Antichrist. But Mirz a Sahib uses this h ad i th to his advantage with a ridiculous interpretation. ( Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam ; their paraphrase of marginal note in Iz a la-e- Auh a m , p. 63–73) A f t e r t h i s s t a t e m e n t i t g o e s o n t o m e n t i o n t h e interpretation that the word Damascus does not actually mean Damascus but rather some cit y bear ing its resemblance, and the word Jesus does not literally mean Jesus as but someone bearing his resemblance. The White Paper then goes on to say: Is not someone who gives such ridiculous interpreta- tions a threat to Islam and the Islamic world?