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− prefer for ourselves is Muslims of the sect. We have chosen Ahmadiyya ± this name because the Holy Prophet had two names, Muhammad and sa ± Ahmad; Muhammad was his name of glory, and Ahmad was his name of ± ± ± beauty. In the name of Muhammad was implicit a prophecy that the Holy ± Prophet , would punish with the sword such enemies as would attack sa Islam with the sword and slaughter hundreds of Muslims. His name − Ahmad indicated that he would spread peace and security in the word. God ± so arranged the life of the Holy Prophet , that his Meccan life was a sa manifestation of his name Ahmad and Muslims were taught patience and ± endurance. In his life in Medina, his name Muhammad was manifested. ± But there was a prophecy that name Ahmad would be manifested again in ± the Latter Days that a person would appear through whom the qualities of beauty, which characterize Ahmad, would be manifested, and all fighting ± would come to an end. For this reason it has been considered appropriate that the name of this sect should be sect, so that everyone Ahmadiyya ± hearing this name should realize that this sect has come into being for the spread of peace and security and that it would have nothing to do with war and fighting. " (Tabligh-i-Risalat Vol. IX, pp 90-91) − − Ahmadis believe that the Promised Messiah and Mahdi's mission as ± − − was to cleanse Muslims of the errors and superstitious customs that had crept into their beliefs and practices during fourteen centuries, and following Islam the way it was practiced at the time of the Holy Prophet. sa − A tradition of the Holy Prophet states that the will Ummati Muslimah divide into 73 sects: Ò¼¿ ÜA iBÄ»A Ó¯ Áȼ· Ò¼¿ ÅΨJm Ë TÝQ Ó¼§ ÓN¿A ¶jN°M í ì ê ì ê ê ì ê æ å í å í ì ê ä æ ê æ ä ì î ä ä Ð ä æ ê ì å å ê ä æ ä ÑfYAË í ä ê ì taftariqu ummati ‘ala thalathiñwwa sab‘ina millatan kulluhum − − − − finnari ill millatañwwahida − − ± 223