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C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 276 all. Always remember these words of the Promised Messiah as , ‘If your relation with the heaven is secure, the earth cannot harm you at all. ’ Admission by the Non-Ahmad i s Non-Ahmad i s also observe these changes and have admitted to noticing these. Such changes were so clear and apparent that they were forced to admit that by accepting the Imam of the Age, the Ahmad i s have undergone many positive changes. Nevertheless, they have persisted in their own denial. I shall now present some samples of their admission. ‘All a mah Iqb a l wrote: In the Punj a b the essentially Muslim type of character has found a powerful expression in the so-called Qadian i -sect. ( The Muslim Community—A Sociological Study by All a mah Dr. Mo h ammad Iqb a l. Edited with Introduction, Dr. Mu z affar ‘Abb a s, Maktabah-e-‘ A liyah, Urdu B a z a r, Lahore, p. 23) ‘All a mah Ni a z Fate h Pur i wrote about the Promised Messiah as : We cannot deny that he certainly rejuvenated Islamic character and established such a community whose life can be called a true reflection of the noble morals of the Holy Prophet sa. ( Mul ah a za t-e-Ni a z Fate h Pur i , p. 29, compiled by Muhammad Ajmal Sh a hid, M. A. , published in 1968) The editor of the newspaper The Statesman of Delhi wrote that in the holy city of Qadian was born an Indian Prophet who impregnated his surroundings with his piety and char-