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27 December 1907 87 no occasion for any objection. I have had a share from two cen- turies according to every calendar. You can confirm it yourself. These accounts that are found in the Holy Quran are not mere tales and stories but are grand prophecies. He is not a Muslim who considers them mere tales and stories. By this account, I have to be accepted as Zul-Qarnain. One of the Religious Imams also took Zul-Qarnain to be the Messiah. In this account, God has described two nations, eastern and western. The western nation implies those who were given the pristine water of the Injil or other Scriptures, but they wasted the luminous teachings for themselves with slime and filth. And the eastern nation implies the Muslims who did not come under the shade of the Imam [of the Age] 1 and are getting scorched by the rays of the sun. Our Jama’at [Community] is very fortunate 2 and should be grateful to God for guiding its members out of His benevolence, but it is only the primitive state. Pertinent Admonitions for the Jama’at I am well aware that many weaknesses still exist in it. Therefore, it should be appreciated that God says in the Holy Quran: 1. From Badr: They are unable to benefit from the Holy Quran and are dying of ignorance. It is said: ً َّة ی ِ ْتَة ً جَاهِل ی َعْرِف ْ إِمَام َ زَمَانِه ِ فَقَد ْ مَات َ م ی ْ مَن ْ مَات َ وَلَم ً َّة ی ِ ْتَة ً جَاهِل ی َعْرِف ْ إِمَام َ زَمَانِه ِ فَقَد ْ مَات َ م ی ْ مَن ْ مَات َ وَلَم [‘Whoever dies without recognizing the Imam of his time, dies the death of ignorance’ ( Mirq a tul Maf a t ih Shar h Mishk a t al-Ma sa b ih , Ali bin Sultan Muhammad al-Q a r i , Juzw 7, p. 234, Kit a b al-Im ar ati wal-Qa da ’, Hadith Number 3674, D a rul-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon 2001)] ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 12, dated 9 January 1908). 2. From Badr: The third is our nation which is very fortunate. They have come under the shade of the Imam and they desired that a barrier against Gog and Magog be made for them ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 12, dated 9 January 1908).