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338 similar. In these circumstances, the Promised Messiah’s as claim that people who are abandoning their own religions to follow rea - son and nature would come to accept his message, seemed quite far-fetched. Also, the Promised Messiah as did not speak any languages other than Urdu, Persian and Arabic. He was a resident of India and, until recently, Indians had been looked down upon by Arabs and Persians. No one could have believed that the inhabitants of Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt would pledge alle - giance to an Indian. No one could have believed that British- educated Indians who believed that the Holy Quran was the word of the Holy Prophet s as (not of God) would end up believing that God speaks to His servants—even to those who do not know English, because not knowing English was like a sin in the eyes of the English-educated Indians. The Promised Messiah as was com - pletely ignorant of European languages, sciences, customs and institutions. He had never stepped out of his home province. Only once did he go as far as Aligarh. Nobody would have thought that such a man would address himself to Western countries and gain followers. Nobody would have thought that modern European minds would pay any attention to the teaching of an Asian, much less accept it. Nobody would have imagined that people in iso - lated parts of Africa would accept the teachings of a man from India. These insuperable difficulties were challenged by the Word of God, and the Word of God came true. This was a man who walked alone in the small yard of his house writing down the revelations from God as he received them and giving glad-tiding of his global acceptance at a time when he was barely known in his own locality. Despite all the hurdles, he rose