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50 of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib? A. I have no means of knowing this. Q. Was Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib inheritor of the divine light which Allah placed within Adam after pardoning him? A. I know of no such theory. This phenomena is not mentioned in the Qur’an or any sahih hadis. Q. Does Qur’an expressly predict the appearance of Messiah or Mehdi? A. They are not mentioned by name. Q. Are the ahadis unanimous on the appearance of Messiah and Mehdi? A. There is no hadis indicating that there would be no Messiah. As regards Mehdi, some of the ahadis state that he will be the same person as Messiah. Q. Are these ahadis accepted by the Muslims unanimously? A. No. Q. Do not these ahadis show that Messiah and Mehdi will be two different persons? A. Yes. Some of the ahadis give that impression. Q. According to these ahadis, which predict the appearance of Messiah and Mehdi, how long after the slaying of Dajjal and the destruction of Yajuj and Majuj, will Israfil blow his first blast? A. I attach no importance to these ahadis. Q. Do you believe in the ahadis relating to Dajjal and Yajuj- Majuj? A. I will have to check these ahadis in order to be able to answer this question. Dajjal, Yajuj and Majuj are all mentioned in the Qur’an. Q. Will the promised Messiah or Mehdi have the status of a nabi? A. Yes.