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Allah and of duty and obligation to Him²; her being purified and chosen above others of her time³; honoured by God. Almighty and granted nearness to Him and her purity10 and 11 truthfulness. One fails to see what is so ridiculous for one to be nurtured in those excellent qualities previously possessed by a righteous and pious person who had been declared by the. Holy Quran to be an example for all the righteous and pious people in the world. 13. Thirdly, the aforementioned citation of Hadhrat Ahmad's sa statement contained in the hostile publication also indicates that the pregnancy being spoken of here was in the metaphoric sense. . Hence Abdul Hafeez's vile caricature of a couple with a common pregnant stomach¹² and of a pregnant man¹³ and also his sordid assertion of 'remaining big with Jesus for not more than ten months 14 and of being 'delivered from one's own uterus 15 is thoroughly unjustified there being absolutely no grounds whatsoever in assuming a symbolic representation to be evidence of the happening of a factual event. . Nonetheless, since the author of Two in One has subjected. Hadhrat Ahmad's as aforementioned spiritual experience of being spiritually born from within himself to such sordid ridicule, what needs to be investigated is whether Islamic thought accepts any such concept wherein a person becomes pregnant metaphorically and gives birth to himself from within himself. . Islamic literature indicates that according to Hadhrat. Muhammadsa. 'No one shall enter the kingdom of heaven who has not been born twice. '16. What, if one may ask Abdul Hafeez did Hadhrat Muhammadsa mean when he stated that no person shall enter the kingdom of heaven unless born twice? Did he suggest that a person will have to return to one's embryonic state and once again be 6. Al Quran 19. 19 11. Ibid. , 5. 76 14. Ibid. , p. 2 7. Ibid. , 19. 27/30 8. Ibid. , 3. 43 9. Ibid. , 3. 46 10. Ibid. , 21. 92 12. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, pp. T/C 13. Ibid. , p. v 15. Ibid. , p. 7 16. Sirhind, [Hadhrat] Ahmad. Maktubat 107