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who are highly educated and are well read will agree with me and support my statement that some Naqshbandi and. Suharwardi saints also practised and performed similar services to mankind. Some of them were so well advanced in this field that they would make a very large number of diseased persons sit around them and cast them a glance which would heal them. The well known saint Muhiyud Din ibne Arabi was much reputed in this art. 160. If, in the context of this discussion, Hadhrat Ahmadas stated that Hadhrat Jesus as also, practised mesmerism and was an expert in it, then what is the harm in it - particularly when he also declared that he practised this appropriately as required by the times in which he lived?61 10. Abdul Hafeez then proceeds to state that on page 303 of his book Izalah Auham, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as stated that: 'Hazrat Masseh [PBHU] was the son of Yusuf Najjar [Joseph the Carpenter] 162 However, when one consults the stated page of Izalah Auham, one does not find any such sentence contained in it. Nonetheless, since Joseph was Hadhrat Jesus'as step as well as foster father, Hadhrat Ahmadas referred to him as Hadhrat Jesus' as father 63 which any normal person would do in the course of a civilized conversation, unless the question of one's actual parentage is being specifically discussed. Where is the harm in it? Is a person who selflessly undertakes the responsibility of his wife's issues, without any bond of blood relationship between them, not entitled to even that much respect?. Incidentally, while the author of Two in One takes exception to. Joseph being referred to as Hadhrat Jesus as father, his mother. Hadhrat Maryas referred to her husband as Hadhrat Jesus'as father. On one occasion when the family were returning from 60. Ahmad, [Hadhrat] Mirza Ghulam. Izalah Auham, p. 307/08; Ruhani Khazain, vol. 3, p. 287 61. Ibid. Izalah Auham, p. 209; Ruhani Khazain, vol. 3, p. 287 62. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 51 63. Ahmad, [Hadhrat] Mirza Ghulam. Izalah Auham, p. 303; Ruhani Khazain, vol. 3, p. 284 327