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29 Afghanistan and Kashmir. In Nasibin, which is a town in Mesopotamia, there is a platform to which tradition points as the place where Jesus had rested during one of his journeys. But strangest of all is the fact that, in the quarter known as Mohalla Khan Yar, in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, there is a tomb concerning which ancient documents and traditions show that it is the tomb of a prophet who had come from the West and who was called Yuz Asaf. He is also known as the Prince Prophet, and as Eesa Sahib or Messiah. The period assigned to that prophet by these records coincides exactly with the time of Jesus. In short, the Promised Messiah has, by tracing the whole life of Jesus, brought to light a portion of history which had remained a secret for the last nineteen hundred years, and has thus finally closed the door on one form of shirk, and, by establishing the Perfection and Unity of God. has opened the gate of spiritual advancement. Relationship Between Man and God Next to the doctrine of the Unity of God, the question which most affects man’s life is the question relating to the relationship subsisting between man and his Maker. How do I stand towards my Maker and what goal has He out of His personal love to- wards me appointed for me since the moment of my birth are questions which deeply affect every aspect of a man’s life. A true comprehension of these questions opens the doors of righ- teousness to a man, and an error concerning these questions locks on him the doors of advancement. The Promised Messiah found mankind labouring under misapprehensions in respect to these questions also, and laid them under grateful obligations by leading them to a true comprehension of them. He explained that the object of man’s existence is unbounded and unlimited ad- vancement, and it is therefore inconceivable that God should Himself have defeated the object for Which He had created man.