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X Quran had been abrogated. He taught that every directive set out in the Holy Quran was binding for all time according to its true import. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad affirmed that his claim to prophethood, as explained by him, was in accord with the Holy Quran and the true Hadith. He set forth in support of his claim: Children of Adam, if Messengers come to you from among yourselves, rehearsing My commandments, unto you, then whoso is mindful of his duty to Allah and acts righteously, on such shall come no fear nor shall they grieve. But those who reject Our Signs and turn away from them in disdain, these shall be the inmates of the Fire; therein shall they abide. (7:36-37) He also pointed out that the Holy Prophet, on whom be peace, speaking of the advent of the Messiah had described him as a prophet of Allah, and on the death of his son Ibrahim he had said that had he lived he would have been a true prophet. Concerning Abu Bakr he had said: Abu Bakr is the most exalted person among my people except one who might be a Prophet. He also drew attention to an admonition of Ayesha, wife of the Holy Prophet sa , to the effect: Call him Khatam-an-Nabiyyeen but do not say that there will be no Prophet after him. Attention might in this context be drawn to a criterion laid down in the Holy Quran wherein it is affirmed: If he had fabricated any saying and attributed it to Us, We would surely have seized him by the right hand, and then surely We would have severed his large artery, and not one of you could have kept Us from it. (69:45-48) Divines and commentators are agreed that these verses furnish an irrefutable test of the truth of a claimant of the receipt of divine revelation. If such a claimant persists in his claim and survives for a period of twenty three years,