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127 152 The following footnote is by the author himself: “It is proved from the earlier books and the authentic Traditions that the age of the world is seven thousand years from Adam (peace be upon him). It is to this that the Holy Quran points in the verse, “ A day by thy Lord is a thousand years of your reckoning ” ( Al-Hajj , 22:48), meaning that one day for God is like a thousand years for you. God has revealed this unto my heart that the time passed in lunar reckoning from Adam until the time of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) is the same as indicated by the numeric value of the letters of this Chapter. According to this, it is the seven thousandth year from Adam by lunar reckoning that provides proof for the end of the world. This reckoning that is obtained through the numeric values of the letters in Surah al-‘Asr , corresponds very closely to that of the Jews’ and the Christians’ reckonings. It is important to consider the lunar and solar reckonings. It is found in their books that it is necessary for the promised Messiah to appear in the six thousandth year and it has been many years since the six thousandth year has passed. ” 153 Referring to the Traditions. 154 Meaning that when light dawned upon them in full brilliancy, they shunned it like the bats. 155 Referring to the Quranic verse 12:88: “… and despair not of the mercy of God ” with reference to Jacob’s exhortation to his sons to go out and look for the lost Joseph. 156 Meaning stream of tears. 157 In the desire that the Messiah would appear among them. 158 Referring to the Braheene Ahmadiyya , the first book written by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in the early 1880s. 159 Meaning the position of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. 160 The following footnote is by the author himself: “Until now, many thousands of God’s Signs have appeared through my hand. The earth has shown Signs for me as well as the heavens. They appeared among the friends as well as among the enemies for which hundreds of thousands of persons are witness. And if these Signs are counted individually in detail, they reach about a million. Thus all praise belongs to Him. ” 161 Referring to Hadhrat Ali Hujweri, a mystic from Ghazna, who is popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh in the Indo-Pak subcontinent. 162 This verse is an accusatory one, meaning that there are people who act as if they receive revelations and as if they have received direct word from God as to who is to be regarded a disbeliever. 163 One of the attributes of God Who covers or hides the sins and weaknesses of people from becoming evident. 164 The following footnote is by the author himself: “The word “earthquake” occurs repeatedly in God’s revelation. And He states that it would be a quake that would be a likeness of Doomsday. In fact, it should be called the Doomsday Quake to which the Surah al-Zilzal points. But, until now, I cannot apply this word of quake to its apparent meaning with certainty. It is possible that it is not a usual quake but another severe calamity that displays a Doomsday scenario whose likeness has not been seen during these times, and it brings a severe destruction upon the living and the buildings. “However, if such an unusual Sign does not appear and the people do not clearly mend their ways, then under these conditions I will stand false. However, I have written it time and again that this severe calamity that God has likened to an earthquake has nothing to do with religious differences nor can this calamity visit someone for being a Hindu or a Christian. Nor by the fact that someone has not given his allegiance unto me. All these people are safe from this anxiety. However, one who may otherwise belong