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49 Malfuzat – Volume IV Lahore admitted that it was the most superior paper of all. Similarly, when this book is published and distributed, it is then that everyone will see. On one occasion I asked someone to bring some perfume from Delhi. The per - son told me that when he was at the perfumery whenever the shopkeeper would hand him a perfume, he would return it, unimpressed. Eventually, the perfumer said: ‘Sir, right now you are sitting in my shop, and so you fail to realise. However, when you take the perfume outside of my shop, it is then that the true reality of the fragrance will become evident to you. ’ As such, when he brought the perfume, he told me that on the way here, the passengers seated in the cars behind him would ask ‘who is carrying this perfume?’ This is how potent the fragrance was. ” These sorts of discussions continued. The Promised Messiah as spoke about the truth of his claim and his being divinely appointed by Allah; he mentioned that in this age, there is no one else on the face of the earth who holds a more firm and unbreakable relationship with God than he. He spoke about the acceptance of his prayers. After this, he began to listen to the book by Abul-Ata Mirza Khuda Bakhsh Sahib entitled Asal-e-Musaffa, and in this context, he delivered a passion - ate and subtle address on the Antichrist, which was completely new, unique and unlike anything else that had been written. This is an address which will expose the Antichrist and its manifestation. After this, there would perhaps be few who are so unfortunate as to continue in their denial even now. 1 31 October 1901 Preaching with the Phonograph As per custom, His Holiness as went for his walk. On the way, there were discus - sions about the invention of the phonograph and about conveying his addresses to various regions. It was proposed that the Promised Messiah as record a four- hour address in Arabic on this device. This address would be preceded with an introduction by Hazrat Maulvi Abdul-Karim Sahib in which he would explain that we are presenting to listeners an address delivered by the most important man of the nineteenth century, who has claimed to be divinely commissioned by God, and who has appeared in the world as the Promised Messiah and Awaited Mahdi; who has formed a community of thousands in the land of India, and at whose hand thousands of signs have been manifested in his support; a man who 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 40, dated 31 October 1901, pp. 5-6 p. 321