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tions of Islam, felt deeply about it, and yet remained unruffled. . This man was Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, Punjab India. . Born in 1835, as he grew up he spent most of his time in prayers, devotions and the study of the Quran, Hadith and Islamic literature. In his mature life he found Islam being assailed from all sides from Christian missionaries, Arya Samajists, Brahmo. Samajists, Secularists and others. With his pen he parried them all effectively and earned accolades from Muslim ulemas, leaders and the community, culminating in triumphant world acclaims for his paper, The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, in an international religious conference held at Lahore in 1894. From the middle of the 70s of the last century, he had begun to receive. God's revelations, which he had recorded in his 80 books, mostly in Urdu and some in Arabic and Persian. Under Divine guidance in January 1891, he proclaimed that he was the Promised MessiahMahdi prophesied in the Holy Quran and the Hadith. This announcement at once turned many of his former friends and. Muslim divines into his deadly enemies, which was also prophesied in the Hadith, as well as in many saintly predictions in the past. . The Muslim divines in the latter days would develop Jewish mentality like the ancient Pharisees and lawyers who had plagued the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary. In a similar manner the Muslim 'Jews' of the latter days would plague the Muslim Messiah-Mahdi. . The Christian missionaries, Arya Samajists and Muslims joined together with alacrity to oppose the claims of Mirza Ghulam. Ahmad of Qadian, and made a great hullabaloo. . The strongest controversy raged around the Quranic verse which says: Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and Seal of the Prophets. Allah has full knowledge of all things (33:41). For centuries the Muslim world believed and still believes that this verse meant that there would never be any more prophets to come; the Holy Prophet. Muhammad is the last Prophet of the world. As Mirza Ghulam. Ahmad claimed to be a Prophet, a Messenger and a Warner, he was outside the pale of Islam-an apostate. 22. In contrast, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib, under God's