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125 although they are enemies of one another and have severe differences among themselves. Thus, at this place, we mean from the Vedas those teachings and principles that have been published by the Arya Samaaj. ” 110 Referring to the Declaration of Islamic Faith: “There is none worthy of worship except God; Muhammad is a Messenger of God”. 111 One claim of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was that he has come as the second coming of Jesus Christ in a spiritual and metaphoric sense. 112 The following footnote is by the author himself: “I am named Ghulam Ahmad who is the promised Messiah from God. Mubarak Ahmad, who is mentioned above, was my son who died at the time of the Morning Prayer on Monday 7 Sha’ban 1325 A. H. (equivalent to 16 September 1907). He went and met his God according to a revealed prophecy. This is so because God stated through my tongue that he had come into this world through God’s Hand and will return unto Him at a young age. ” 113 Referring to the incident mentioned in the Holy Quran where Khizer teaches some lessons to Moses through several actions of the former but Moses questions the wisdom of each action. 114 A constellation of several closely placed stars in the sky that is considered a symbol of eminence. Also refers to a Tradition of the Prophet Muhammad in which he stated that in the latter days when Islam will go to the Pleiades (meaning that it will leave the people of the earth), then a man of Persian descent would bring it back. 115 The small hamlet where Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was born and spent most of his life. 116 Martin Clark was a Christian missionary who accused Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of plotting to kill him. The case was tried in the court of Captain Douglass who investigated the matter thoroughly and determined that a witness had been coerced into making a false testimony against Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. The case was then dismissed. 117 Referring to the eclipses of the sun and the moon in 1894. 118 In a camel caravan, the lead camel driver pulls on the nose-ring of his camel to change his direction and all the camels that are connected to each other by strings running from the tail of one camel to the nose of the one behind, follow the lead camel. 119 A name of the Prophet Muhammad. 120 Meaning the Community founded by the Prophet Muhammad (Ahmad was one of his names). 121 Again, meaning the garden of the Prophet Muhammad (Ahmad was one of his names) 122 Referring to the eclipsing of the sun and the moon as a Sign for the truth of the Promised Messiah. 123 Meaning the offices of the Government. 124 Meaning unto all the prophets. 125 Referring to the Quranic verse 5:4 that reads: “This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed upon you My favour …. ” 126 The Determiner of right and wrong, Meaning God. 127 Referring to the Quranic verse 7:24 where Adam and Eve confess to their own wrongdoing. 128 Meaning Traditions and Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.