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impression of Hadhrat Khawaja Mu'in ud Din Chishtir depicting him as a man and a woman with a common pregnant stomach on the cover page of his future editions of Two in One?. Would that not, in his opinion make the beliefs of Hadhrat. Khawaja Mu'in ud Din Chishtir more simple and understandable at a glance and also illustrate to the millions of people who hold the patron saint of Ajmeer Sharif in high esteem, to visualise the mental state of their mind and the basis of their beliefs?. Among other Muslim sufis, Hadhrat Shams ud Din Tabriz™ claimed to be the spirit which was breathed into Mary and the soul which was the life of Jesus and the breath of Jesus. 45 Hence,. Hadhrat Jalal ud Din Rumith referred to him as Hadhrat Maryas and Hadhrat Jesus as 46 Hadhrat Abu Yazid Bustamith also claimed to be Hadhrat Jesusas 47 and so was Hadhrat Sayyid. Ahmad Shah Barelvi declared him by Hadhrat Muhammad. Ismail Shaheedth 48 Hadhrat Muhiy ud Din Ibne Arabith called his spiritual mentor Isa ibne Mariam" and in recent times. Maulvi Rashid Ahmad Gangohi was given the appellation of. Jesus by the scholars of Deoband. 50 This is a tip of the iceberg and in the interest of brevity one is not able to cite numerous other examples where a large number of saints and scholars of the ummah have either claimed the appellation of Hadhrat. Jesus as for themselves or else have had this bestowed upon them. Yet, none of them were born the son of Hadhrat Maryas. . Hence, the only manner in which they could have become Jesus is through undergoing this phenomenon of God infusing the spirit of Jesus in them as a result of which they came to be pregnant in an allegoric sense to eventually be born as Ibne. Mariam. It is on account of a universal acknowledgement of this concept that Hadhrat Khawaja Mir Dardth is reported to have 45. Tabriz, [Hadhrat] Shams ud Din. Kulliyat of Shams e Tabriz, pgs. 292 & 508 46. Rumi, [Hadhrat] Jalal ud Din. vide. The Life and Works of Jalal ud Din Rumi 47. Bustami, [Hadhrat] Abu Yazid. vide. Tadhkirath al Aulia 48. Shaheed, Muhammad Ismail. Najm al Saqib, vol. ii 49. Arabi. Hadhrat Muhiy ud Din ibne. Fatuhat Makiyya, vol. i, p. 199 50. Hasan, Sheikh Mahmud al Hasan. 116