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252 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in these thoughts until I well nigh would have begun to think ill of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and God forbid, I would have rejected God Almighty as well, when fortunately I was blessed to meet you, and then I found the truth. ” On this, the Promised Messiah as said: “There is no doubt that these custodians of shrines and Sufi leaders are at a risk of losing their faith. However, just because these people in particular are renowned for miracles that are falsely attributed to them and these so-called miracles are famed among the people, one should not conclude that all the saintly are liars, and that the entire chain of saints and holy personages of the Faith were based on deception and falsehood. On the contrary, the existence of these false saints is proof of the fact that there are true saints in the world as well. For until a certain truth exists, an untruth cannot exist. For example, if real and genuine gold did not exist, alchemists would never make false gold. If authentic diamonds and pearls were not found in mines, no one would think to produce artificial diamonds and pearls. The existence of these fabricators is itself evidence of the fact that the truthful are definitely present as well. ” 28 August 1901 A Scene About the Future On the morning of 28 August 1901, His Holiness as said: “My opponents consist of two types of people: firstly, the Muslim clerics, religious scholars, etc. , and sec- ondly, the Christian British and the like. Both of these groups of people engage in opposition and raise unjust objections which become extreme criticisms against Islam. Today, I was shown a scene in relation to both of these people and I expe- rienced a state of revelation, but I do not fully recall the details. In respect of the British and others, the impression was that many from among them would devel- op an appreciation for the truth. And in relation to the Muslim clerics, scholars and so on, I understood that most of them had lost their strength. ” The Etiquette of Prayer There was mention of prayer and the Promised Messiah as said: “In prayer, one ought to search for words which evoke emotion. It is not appropriate for a per- son to bind themselves to customary prayers of the Holy Prophet sa in such a way