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45 own hand, as to whether he is the same Promised Messiah who has been men- tioned in the Hadith and the Holy Quran. ” After the evening Prayer, I placed an inkpot, pen and paper before the Promised Messiah as and submitted that a cer- tain individual had written such and such request. His Holiness took the paper at once and wrote the following lines: Previously, I have already written the following declaration clearly in my books as an oath before the people, but once again, on this document, I swear by God Almighty, in Whose hand is my life, and write that I am the same Promised Messiah who has been foretold by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and who has been mentioned in the authentic Hadith recorded in Sahih Bukhari , Sahih Muslim , and other books from among the six authentic books of Hadith. ْدًا ی ِ و َ كَفٰی بِاہلل ِ شَھ (And Allah is sufficient as a witness). The writer, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad May Allah forgive him and support him 17 August 1899 In relating this account, I have two objectives in mind. Firstly, so that the faith of our own community may be increased and so that they too can experience the same joy and pleasure that the fortunate ones present here at the time felt. Those of us present here at the time must wholeheartedly profess that our faith was revived. Secondly, those who reject the Promised Messiah as and think ill of him, ought to reflect with a calm heart and contemplate on whether a committed liar and a self-made deceiver can possess the grace and courage to swear in this man- ner by God, the Possessor of Glory, in such a gathering? Allah is the greatest! Allah is the greatest! Indeed, Allah is the greatest! 1 21 October 1899 The Purpose of the Advent of the Promised Messiah— To Develop a Living Faith in the Living God Lalah Keshudas, Tehsildar of Batala, coincidentally happened to visit Qadian and so he came to see the Promised Messiah as. He submitted to His Holiness that 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 3, no. 32, dated 9 September 1899, pp. 4-5