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290 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad established after the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. If there was no other argument in support of this view, even then this likeness natu- rally demands that a system of successors be established in the ummah. Secondly, in the verse on successorship, Allah the Exalted clearly promises that an institution of successorship would be established, and He likens in nature this institution with the system of successorship that was established in the past. Allah the Exalted states: 1 ْ ْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِم ی اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِ َمَا ك As He made Successors from among those who were before them. Now, in view of this promise regarding the establishment of successorship and the parallel it reflects, it was necessary that just as the Messiah was the Seal of the Successors in the Mosaic institution of successorship, the Seal of the Successors that would appear in the community of Muhammad sa would be the Messiah. Thirdly, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, stated: ْ اِمَامُکُم ْ مِنْکُم , meaning, your Imam will be from among you. Fourthly, the Holy Prophet sa also said that a Reformer is raised at the head of every century in order to revive the Faith. Hence, it is necessary that the current century also be marked by the coming of a Reformer. Now, the task of a Reformer is to reform the corruption that is prevalent in the age that he appears. As such, the corruption and disorder that is greatest of all at the present time is the trial of Christianity. Therefore, it is necessary that the Reformer of the present century appears as the Breaker of the Cross, and he also be named the Promised Messiah. Fifthly, in view of the parallel that exists with the Mosaic successorship, the Seal of the Caliphs from the community of Muhammad sa must also appear in the fourteenth century. For the Messiah, peace be upon him, appeared in the four- teenth century after Moses, peace be upon him. Sixthly, many of the signs foretold in relation to the advent of the Promised Messiah have been fulfilled. For example: the solar and lunar eclipse which was to take place during the month of Ramadan has occurred twice; the Hajj has been postponed; the star Dhus-Sinin has appeared; 2 the plague has broken out; 1 an-Nur , 24:56 2 The Promised Messiah as says: “Another sign of the era [of the Promised Messiah as ] was that the star Dhus-Sinin would emerge, i. e. the star of years gone by. In other words, the star which emerged in the time (or years) of the Messiah of Nazareth as. Now, even that star has appeared, which gave heavenly news of the coming of the Jewish Messiah. ” — Malfuzat (English Translation), volume 1, p. 49, edition 2018.