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234 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad what blessings can he give to others?” The Obstinacy of the Jews The Promised Messiah as said: “The Jews state that on the Day of Resurrection they will put the book of the Prophet Malachi as before God and say that in this book You said that the Prophet Elijah would come before the Messiah; You did not say that the likeness of Elijah would come or that John would appear in the form of a spiritual manifestation of him. Now, if this is the truthful Messiah and we did not accept him, then how can this be our fault? This is the very state of the Muslim scholars today also, who are awaiting the Messiah. ” There was mention of the fact that when the Messiah as told the Jews that John as was the awaited Elijah, they went to John as and asked him—in words that we do not know—whether he was Elijah. John as denied this and said that he was not Elijah, and in this manner, it appeared that the Messiah had been proven false. The Promised Messiah as said: “We have no idea of the deceptive manner in which the Jews may have spoken to him. John as would have had no idea about their mischievous way. It is false to claim that Prophets are always present and aware like God. If this was the case, then why would the Holy Prophet, peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, feel perturbed when the incident involving Hazrat Ayesha ra took place, to the extent that God Almighty revealed a verse about the entire matter? Sa’di has wonderfully written: ےسک رُپس�ی� د زاں �پ�ی� ر رخد دنم ہک اے رونش رہگ �پ�ی� ر رخد دنم م�ی�دی ش � ز ِ رصمش وبےئ �پ�ی�رانہ رچا در اچہ اعنکشن دن�ی�دی تفگب اوحال ام ربق اہجں اتس �یگ� ر دم اہنں اتس دےم �پ�ی�دا و د م ن �ی� ش س ن ٰیلع � ِ ا ےہگ رَب اطرم م ن �ب�ی� ےہگ رب تشُپِ اپےئ وخد ہن Someone asked the one who had lost his son; O enlightened, wise sage! You perceived the scent of a shirt from the land of Egypt; but here you could not see it in the well of Canaan. p. 214