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14 O dear friends! Do not forget your afterlife Take some provisions for the way; put in some work as well; (15/81) Attach not your heart with it estrange your heart from it; Remove your affection for it; in fact move far away from it; (15/83) One day the same station is going to be your station; One day this morn of life will be eve for you. (38/49) O people! Worldly life is never faithful Don’t you have the fear of death and thought of demise? (38/51) Find the way to cleanse the heart and breast And to kill the baser self in the obedience of God. (38/54) Pray give up the love of this makeshift abode For the Belovèd’s sake, pray give up the life of ease. (38/114) This path is accursed so you give up this curse Or else give up the thought of that Esteemed One. (38/115) One particular claim of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was that he represented the second coming of Jesus Christ. The Prophet Jesus, according to Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, had survived the event of crucifixion and lived to a ripe old age before passing away from this world. Prophesied in the Gospels as well as in the Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, the second advent of the Messiah was eagerly awaited not only by the Christians but also by the Muslims. However, this representation of the Messiah’s second coming is strictly in a metaphorical sense for no dead person really comes back to this world. Referring to the need of the times and the many Signs that were shown by God in his support, he writes: What doubt do you have in accepting this Messiah, Whose resemblance has been stated by God? (45/1) Why do you wonder if I’ve come as the Messiah? The spring-breeze itself is laced with the messianic spirit! There is fervour in the heavens for the invitation to truth; The angels are descending upon those with pious natures. The free people of Europe are leaning this way The pulse of the dead has suddenly revived like the living. (39/90-92) Hark the Heaven’s voice: “The Messiah comes … the Messiah comes” And hear from the earth: “Here comes the triumphant Leader”. The sky rains its Sign the earth says: “It is time” These two witnesses are cheering for me earnestly. (39/98-99)