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THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. Prophet, peace be on him, nor can anyone arrive at a full understanding of God except through him ( Haqeeqatul Wahi, p. 68). 6. The author has been informed that he is the Reformer of the age and that his spiritual excellences bear a resemblance to the spiritual excellences of Jesus, son of Mary, and that the two are closely related to each other and resemble each other (Ayena Kamalat. Islam, p. 657). 7. As I am the Promised Messiah and God has manifested heavenly signs in my support, everyone who in the estimation of God. has been sufficiently warned of my advent as the Promised Messiah and has become aware of my claim, will be accountable to God, for no one can turn away with impunity from those who have been sent by God. In this situation, I am not the complainant, the complainant is one for whose support I have been sent, that is to say, Muhammad, the chosen one, peace be on him. He who does not accept me, does not disobey me but disobeys him who had prophesied my coming (Haqeeqatul Wahi, p. 187). 8. Blessed is he who has recognized me. Of all the paths that lead to God I am the last, and of all his lights, I am the last light. . Unfortunate is the one who departs from me, for without me all is darkness (Kashti Nuh, p. 77). * 9. The Christians were proclaiming loudly that Jesus, on account of his nearness to God and on account of his high status was unique, without an equal. Now God has proclaimed that He has created the second Jesus who is better than the first one and who is a servant of Ahmad, peace be on him (Dafeul Balaa, p. 20). 10. People pay lip-service to God but their hearts are alienated from Him. That is why God has said He will create a new heaven and a new earth. This means that the earth has died, that is to say, the hearts of the people of the earth have become so hardened 268