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52 Mirza Sahib as called. If only the human race would love this per- fect interscessor and hold fast to him and thereby be freed of mis- eries and pain. Maulana! In a way, it is good that your criticisms have given us the opportunity to explain the real meaning of intercession. We do not expect that you will benefit from this exposition but may we hope that many others will. Ghulam Ahmad—The Perfect Reflection Hadrat Mirza Sahib writes: God sent the Promised Messiah from our ummah, and he is greater than the earlier Messiah in his excellence. God gave the name ‘Ghulam-e-Ahmad s as ’ [the Servant of Ahmad s as ] to this Messiah, in order to point out to the Christians that their Messiah who they deem to be ‘God’ cannot compare to even a lowly servant of Ahmad s as. 1 ( D a fi‘ul-Bal a ’i wa Mi‘y a ru Ahlil-I st if a ’, Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 18, p. 233; Defence Against the Plague & A Criterion for the Elect of God , English ed. 2015, p. 22) He also states in an Urdu verse: 1. One of the names of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as as mentioned in the Holy Quran is ‘Ahmad’, and it is to him that reference is being made. [Publisher]