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220 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad him, made his claim of prophethood and God Almighty did not stop him. He then proceeds to answer this question himself by saying that the Christians of that time had become misguided, and their morals and deeds, had become cor - rupted. They had abandoned the path of true rectitude. Therefore, it was to admonish them that Allah Almighty sent the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and this is why he was not stopped. Even after the afore - mentioned observation, this foolish Christian does not accept the truthfulness of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, but in fact presents the point in the form of a criticism. I would ask whether that age called for the need of a reformer, or not? Or should an amputee have their other hand cut off as well; and should a sick person be stoned to death, as it were? Is this the mercy of God Almighty? The fact of the matter is that the aforementioned era, as the Christians accept, was an age of darkness, and Dyanand has accepted this in his book as well. History also proves that idol worship was becoming rampant in India at the time. Not only in India, in fact, a terrible darkness had overtaken the face of the earth completely. The historians and researchers of every nation and community have admitted this fact. Now, in such circumstances, the blessed personage of the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was not without need. In fact, he was a sign of mercy for the entire world. As such, Allah the Exalted states: 1 َِْيَْن َم َ ُل ٰ ُع ْ ُل ِ ْل ً ِة َْمَ ُح َ ُر َا ْل ِ ا ََٰك ْن ْ ُل َْسَ ُر َ ا ۤ ا ََوَ َم Meaning, O Noble Prophet sas , We have sent you as a mercy for the entire world. At the time, the Holy Prophet sas had no knowledge about the state of the Arya land, and how it was trapped in a dark cave of perilous idolatry to the extent that it was even customary among the followers of the Vedas to worship human genitalia. The Holy Prophet sas was also not aware of the state of the Christians in Syria and the manner in which they worshipped a man and had transgressed the bounds of good morals and deeds and were living a life of utter darkness. The Holy Prophet sas also did not know about what was happening in Iran and Egypt. In short, the Prophet of Islam was born in the desert wilderness at a time when neither any history had been compiled which he could have read, nor was he edu - cated at any school or institution to increase his breadth of knowledge. In that 1 al-Anbiya , 21:108 p. 487