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81 Malfuzat – Volume IV look at how Musaylamah Kadhdhab was accepted immediately. We observe the same in the time of the Messiah as and this is what has happened now as well. No one bothers with liars, but they wage onslaught upon onslaught against the one who is truthful, and they all come together to oppose him. ” 1 18 November 1901 In the morning at about 8:30, His Holiness as set out for a walk. As soon as the Promised Messiah as came down, he addressed Mr Dickson, the traveller, who began to walk with him, and said: “It is my heartfelt desire for you to remain with us for a few more days so that I may explain to you the spiritual philosophy of Islam, which was hidden in this age, and which God has disclosed to me. ” On this, Mr Dickson said: “I am eternally grateful to you, but today, I must go. I have heard a little. ” The Promised Messiah as said: “Then since you will be leaving, I wish to expound before you my purpose, even if it is briefly. ” The Purpose of the Advent of the Promised Messiah The Promised Messiah as said: “The foremost reason for the advent of Prophets, peace be upon them, and the greatest purpose of their teaching and preaching is to move people to recognise God Almighty so that they may be delivered from the life which leads them to hell and destruction—a life marred by sin. In reality, this is the greater purpose that is before them. As such, even now God Almighty has established a community and He has commissioned me. Hence, the purpose of my advent also, is the same shared purpose of all the Prophets. In other words, I wish to tell the people who God is. In fact, I wish to show Him. I guide people to the path of deliverance from sin. The countless practices and artifices employed by the people to save themselves from sin, and the doctrines they propose to rec - ognise God are absolutely false as they are the product of human thought; they are merely ideas bereft of any truth whatsoever. I shall explain and demonstrate with evidence that there is only one method to save oneself from sin and that is to develop complete certainty in the fact that God exists and that He rewards and punishes. Until one develops perfect certainty in this principle, death cannot overtake a life of sin. In reality, the two statements that ‘God is’ and ‘God ought 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 43, dated 24 November 1901, pp. 1-4 p. 353