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10 young age. She spent her time in remembrance of God until the end of her life. His second brother had passed away in infancy. 5 During his childhood, the Promised Messiah as took part in activi- ties like swimming and horse-riding, but he loved walking most of all. He would walk briskly for many miles at a time and continued to do so even when he was over seventy years old. He also exhibited special traits as a child. Once, he asked his cousin, ‘Pray for me that God grants me Salat. ’ 6 On another occa- sion, when he was visiting his mother’s family in Aimah, a pious man Ghulam Rasool, upon observing him, said: ‘If anyone deserves to be a prophet in this age, this lad indeed should be one’. 7 Despite formal education not being customary during the time of the Promised Messiah as, his family hired teachers for his educa- tion. When the Promised Messiah as was six or seven years old, a man named Fazl Ilahi taught the Promised Messiah as the Holy Quran and Persian. When the Promised Messiah as was ten years old, a teacher named Fazl Ahmad taught him the basics of Arabic. At the age of sev- enteen or eighteen, Maulawi Gul Ali Shah taught him grammar, logic and philosophy. He also studied some books of traditional medicine from his father. 8