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120 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Holy Master, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was born in a forsaken land, but observe the manner in which God furnished him all sorts of means. It is a challenging task to win over even one person, but reflect on the number of people who joined the Holy Prophet sa. Allah the Exalted has revealed in my con- nection: ‘Kings would seek blessings from thy garments. ’ Obviously, it is when people of such rank become my followers, that this will be the case. In the present era, you can see how people disrespect me, and so the spiritual reward of accept- ing me at this time will not be the same in times to come. ” 1 March 1901 The Relationship of Sincerity and Prayer The Promised Messiah as said: “Supplication and sincerity has a relationship with the formal Prayer. A believer cannot be one to harbour malice. A person ought not to ruin their Prayer by offering it behind one who is unrighteous. ” 3 March 1901 Excellence Never Ceases to Exist The Promised Messiah as said: “Faith in God and excellence are not exhaustible entities that vanish away from the earth. God is never miserly. The nature that one person develops can be inculcated by another as well. If the qualities of a Prophet could not be adopted by others, then his very person would be useless. A Sufi by the name of Ibni Hazam states: ‘I embraced the Noble Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, until I myself became the Messenger of Allah. ’” 1 March 1901 A Seeker of the Truth and His Meeting with the Promised Messiah as For some days now, a seeker of the truth from the district of Gujrat has been here to visit His Holiness, the Promised Messiah as. The seeker submitted: “I have always felt an inclination to religion within myself and in view of this, I have been performing what I consider to be good deeds. However, when I cast a 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 10, dated 17 March 1901, pp. 8-9 p. 106