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41 most truly and devotedly, in the truth of the Holy Prophet. . Muhammad; and that in his own peculiarly mystic way he tried to propagate righteousness and virtue among the Hindoos of his time. Says the Promised Messiah in this behalf : "Baba Nanak was a righteous man, a chosen one of God; and he was one of those whom Allah gives of His own love to drink. Undoubtedly his person was a blessing for the Hindoos; he strove to correct the hostility that the Hindoos have in their heart for Islam. " (Paighaam-i-Sulha). Similarly, under the 20 light of this golden principleof the Holy Quran, and in accordance with the teaching of the Promised Messiah, members of the Ahmadiyya. Movement also believe that Confucius of China, Zoroaster of Iran, and Buddha of India, too, were Prophets of God, holding them in high esteem with the other Prophets. . In fact, even apart from this exposition of the. Quranic point of view, the Promised Messiah was of the opinion that where a religious Leader came to be accepted as such by millions and millions of people, and the truth of his claim became established in the eyes of men over large tracts of the earth and became firmly rooted, and remained so for long periods of time-that in such cases, even apart from the Quranic point of view referred to above, one had to concede, on the basis of a purely rational approach, that the origin of his teaching must have started with some Divine light. light. For it was. impossible, in reason, that a liar and a cheat should be: able to win such vast and lasting distinction and honour, on the basis of a deliberate fraud.