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− traditions. The Promised Messiah and Mahdi was called "Jesus, son as − of Mary" because of many similarities between the mission of the Promised Messiah and Hadrat ‘Isa (Jesus, son of Mary): neither as as ± ± − of them was a law-bearing Prophet; Jesus who appeared 1300 as years after Moses , came to rejuvenate Judaism, while Hadrat as ± ± Ahmad's mission was to re-establish the true teachings of the Holy as ± Prophet after 1300 years; both were rejected by the scholars of sa their Faith) and both manifested the i. e. the gentler "jamali", − − aspects of their religion. For shedding the light of Islam in the − Christian world he is called Messiah or son of Mary, and for illuminating the hearts of Muslims with pure Islam, he is called − Mahdi − Holy Prophet has said: sa BÇjaA ÁÍj¿ ÅI ÓnΧ Ë BÈ»ËA BÃA Ò¿A ¹¼ÈM ±Î· ä å ê Ð ä ä æ ä å æ ä æ ê ä ä å ì ä ä Ú Ñ ì å å ê æ ä ä æ ä kaifa tahliku ummatan ana awwaluha wa ‘isabnu maryama − − − akhiru ha − − How can my followers be destroyed when I am at their beginning and Jesus, son of Mary, is at their end (Musnad Ahmad Kanzul 'Umal,Vol. 7, p 203) ± − Hadrat Promised Messiah and Mahdi writes: as ± ± − a. "When the 13 century of the drew to a close and th Hegira the beginning of the 14 century approached, I was th informed by God Almighty, through revelation, that I was the (Reformer) for the 14 century. " Mujaddid th (Kitabul Bariyya, p 201) − 280