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40 Nish a n-e- A sm a n i farewell to my remaining loved ones. I shall deem myself very fortunate indeed if I am separated from them for the sake of Allah and in order to please Him. O my brethren, believe me! If I did not have this testimony with me, and if, about thirty-one years ago, a godly saint had not dissolved the mystery concerning the Promised ‘ I s a as (Messiah) and told me who would it be, today, I too, like my brethren, would be one of the bitterest opponents of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian as. It would have been impossible for me to accept Mirz a Sahib as the Messiah as and to renounce, even on pain of death, my old beliefs, which, in my opinion, were shared by Ahli Sunnah wal Jam a ‘at , all the pious predecessors, and were universally accepted by all the Ulema. It was by the sheer mercy of God, the Exalted, that about thirty years ago, a godly man, a wanderer of the desolate places, a Majdh u b , told me things that have now become magnificent signs for me. These Prophecies have convinced me of the truth of Mirz a Sahib as so firmly that even if someone were to cut me to pieces, I would care the least for my life. Just as the day dawns and no one has any doubts about it, so did it become clear to me that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian as is undoubtedly the same Promised Messiah as whose advent had been foretold and who was named ‘ I s a as (Jesus) in the scriptures. My heart is full of the certainty that the Prophet Jesus as , is dead and will never return, and