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− Heaven. All our opponents who live today shall die and none from them shall ever see Jesus son of Mary coming down from Heaven; then their as children that are left after them shall also die and none from among them shall ever see Jesus son of Mary coming down from Heaven and then their third generation shall also die and they too shall not see the son of Mary coming down. Then God shall cause great consternation in their minds and they shall then say that the period of the dominance of the cross has also passed away and the way of life has changed completely, yet the son of Mary has not come down. Then in dismay the wise among them shall forsake this belief and three centuries from now shall not have passed when those who await the coming of Jesus son of Mary, whether they be Muslims or Christians, shall relinquish altogether this conception. Then shall prevail only one religion over the whole world and there shall be only one religious Leader. I came only to sow the seed which has been planted by my hand. It shall now grow and flourish and there is none who can hinder it. " (Ruhani Khaza’in vol. 20, Tadhkiratush-Shahadatain 67) − − − − − ii. The Second Advent of the Messiah and Imam Mahdi as − − All Muslims believe that in the Latter Days a reformer, a Messiah and would appear and restore the religion of Islam to its former Mahdi − − glory. Non-Ahmadi Muslims have adopted the belief that as Jesus did as ± − not die but ascended bodily to Heaven, he will return as the Messiah in the Latter Days. They also claim that the (Who they believe is a Mahdi − different person and would be from the fold of Islam) will spread Islam − − with sword and wage a war on all those who disbelieve. Ahmadi Muslims reject this interpretation. They believe that Jesus as ± − has already died like all other mortals. Therefore, the question of return is irrelevant. They interpret the second advent of Jesus as a spiritual event, as 275