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foretold in the Holy Quran and the Hadith, to the effect that in the latter days a Reformer, in the spirit of Jesus Christ, would appear among the Muslims, at a time and juncture when Christianity would be in a position of singular strength all over the globe, very advantagiously placed to spread the poison of its material and idolatrous views. At such a juncture, this Messiah of the Dispensation of Muhammad would expose the absurdity of Christian. Church doctrine, with reason and argument, of which the light and the force would be undeniable and irresistible. In the Holy Quran we read: "Allah would most certainly create. Khalifas, just as He had created Khalifas amongst the earlier people (the people of Moses); and through the instrumentality of these Khalifas,. Allah would protect His Own religion, from a state of fear and dread, changing to peace and tranquility in the mind of the Muslims" (The Holy Quran, Sura Nur). . Similarly, the Holy Prophet explains this in graphic and vivid detail, in the Hadith-and this is a passage of which the grandeur should be carefully noted: "Verily, I solemnly swear. in the name of Him Who holds my life in. His hand, that the Masiah, Ibn-i - Maryam, would most certainly appear in your midst. (in such a splendid manner as to seem as if he were 5