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86 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Messiah into a partner of half of God’s divinity. Similarly, they also believe that the Antichrist will give life to the dead and that he would perform other miracu- lous feats. The Muslim creed ُ اہلل َ ّ ٓ اِلٰہ َ اِل َ ل (There is none worthy of worship except Allah) is a sword as it were, and with it, the Holy Quran slays all those beings to whom divine attributes are falsely attributed. Then from where has this Antichrist emerged? Surah Fatihah teaches us a prayer so that we may be saved from follow- ing in the footsteps of the Jews and Christians. Did God forget to mention this grave trial of the Antichrist? The fact of the matter is that these people have lost their senses and they are like the one who cuts off the branch they sit on. When these people began to disgrace Islam, Allah the Exalted sent me at the head of the fourteenth century to establish the greatness of the Holy Quran in accordance with His promise: 1 َ لَهٗ لَحٰـفِظُوْن الذِّكْرَ وَ اِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا اِنَّا Verily, We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and most surely We will be its Guardian. Do the people not observe how His signs are being manifested? The lunar and solar eclipses have taken place in the month of Ramadan. Is it possible for this sign of the Mahdi to be fulfilled without the Mahdi actually being present? Was God mistaken? Then, even after camels have become obsolete as a means of trans- port, has the Messiah not arrived? The signs of heaven and earth have been ful- filled. The state of the present age itself calls for the advent of the one who is awaited, but these people go on in their denial. The one awaited has appeared and the denial of his opponents, and their clamour and outrage can do no harm. This has always been the way of such people. The words of God are true and they are always fulfilled. All that is required of you is that you ought to save yourselves from the evil company of such people, remain engaged in prayer and develop within yourselves the true spirit of Islam. ” 2 December 1900 The Birth of Eve The Promised Messiah as said: “It is from the rib that Eve was created. I believe in 1 al-Hijr, 15:10 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 3, dated 24 January 1901, pp. 1-5