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262 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad the present time. Therefore, the present age is the time for the perfection of the propagation of guidance and it is for this reason that all the ways and means for propagation are being perfected in this age. The abundance of printing presses and new developments in these facilities on a daily basis, post offices, telegram systems, the construction of railways and ships, the publication of newspapers— all of these developments have turned the world into a global village. And so, in reality, all of these advances are a success of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, because through these means, the second aspect of the completion of his perfect guidance, which is the perfection of the propagation of that guidance, is being realised. This is just as the Messiah as stated that he had come to fulfil the law of the Torah. I also proclaim that one of the tasks that I have been given is to perfect the propagation of guidance, and this is also a likeness that I share with Jesus as. The Similarity between the Mosaic Messiah and the Messiah of Muhammad sa In addition to the aforementioned, the sorts of calamities that were prevalent in the time of Jesus as are the sorts of afflictions with which we are plagued even today. Internally, the state of the Jews had deteriorated immensely. We find evi- dence from history that they had abandoned the commandments of the Torah, and instead would lay more emphasis on the Talmud and the narrations of their elders. At the present time, the Muslims are in a similar state. They have aban- doned the Book of Allah, and they put more emphasis on traditions and tales instead. Further, a likeness also exists in respect of rule as well: in the previous age, the Roman government was in power and now the British government is in power, which is widely renowned for its justice and equity. I have already stated that Jesus as came in the fourteenth century and I have also appeared in the four- teenth century after the Holy Prophet sa. In addition to all this, there is another secret, which completes this likeness. The Messiah as stressed the moral aspect of the teaching and came to put an end to the Mosaic wars; he did not raise the sword. The same was destined for the Promised Messiah as well, in that he would establish the merits of Islam through the practical truths of the teaching and would absolve Islam of the allegation that it was spread by the sword. This allegation would be done away with completely in the time of the Promised Messiah, because he was to manifest the truth of p. 240