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170 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Hence, you who possess a bond with me ought to become a nation about whom it is said that: ْ ُم ُُھُ ُّس ِْیْ ٰل َ ُج ْی ٰ ْق ْ َّش َ ْی َ � َاْل ٌ َم َْقَْو ْ ُم َُھُ � ْن ِ ْا َ ِف , meaning: they are such a people that even those who sit in their company are not left deprived. This is the essence of the divine teaching which has been encapsulated in the words: 1 ِ َاُہلل ِقِ َ َْخْاَل ْا ِبِ َا ُْوْ ْق َ � ٰل َتََخَ Develop within yourselves the attributes of Allah. ” 22 December 1901 A Discussion between the Promised Messiah and a Seeker of the Truth After reading certain sections of Al-Hakam and various writings of His Holiness, peace be upon him, Munshi Abdul-Haqq Sahib of Qusur, the B. A. student from Lahore, who was a Christian for the last three years, wrote a letter to the Promised Messiah as saying that he desired to see a practical example of the truthfulness of Islam. On this, His Holiness, the Vicegerent of Allah, wrote back to him saying that he should come and stay in Qadian for at least two months. As such, he set out for Qadian, the Abode of Peace, and arrived here on 22 December 1901 in the afternoon. Therefore, everything that we record here is about him. The First Audience His Holiness, the Champion of Allah in the mantle of the Prophets, peace and blessings be upon him, has been feeling ill for the last two or three days on account of his heavy workload. During these days, His Holiness as remains engaged in his work long into the night. On the one hand, the Promised Messiah as needed to complete an exposition so that it could be translated in time to include in a periodical. On the other hand, he was also working on the treatise that he had promised to write for the editor of the periodical Al-Manar. Moreover, he is also compiling over two hundred magnificent signs and prophecies to present in the form of an ordered list. However, for the sake of the guests and for this seeker of truth who is visiting Qadian, today the Promised Messiah as said that he would go for a walk. Therefore, at about nine o’clock, His Holiness as graced us with his 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 6, no. 29, dated 17 August 1902, pp. 5-6 p. 436