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HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS the Promised Messiah, meaning that another mode of transport will take their place. This Hadith is found in Muslim in these words: وَيَتْرُ كَنَّ الْقِلَاصُ فَلَا يُسْعَى عَلَيْهَا And these are the words of the Holy Quran: وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِلَتْ The above Hadith is also found in Shiite literature, but did anyone pay any heed to this sign at all? A spectacular display of this prophecy's fulfilment will soon be visible when, instead of a long line of camels, railway trains will be seen operating be- tween Mecca and Medina, spurring a revolution in the mode of transportation after thirteen hundred years. When, at that time, وَيَتْرُكَنَّ الْقِلَاصُ فَلَا يُسْعَى عَلَيْهَا and the Hadith وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِلَتُ the verse are recited before those travellers, they will have to wholeheart- edly admit that this is indeed a sign for this age and that a great prophecy uttered by the blessed tongue of our Holy Prophetsas has today been fulfilled. Alas, O deniers! When will you desist, and when will the day come when your eyes are opened? God's signs descended like the monsoon rain but your dryness per- sisted. A fifth of the century has passed before your eyes, but you still believe that no Mujaddid has appeared. There was no shortage of the signs of God: solar and lunar eclipses occurred during Ramadan, and, as foretold in the Hadith, the star Dhus- Sinīn³ appeared long ago. The plague likewise manifested in the 1 "The she-camels shall be abandoned and no one will seek them anymore. " Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal. [Publisher] 2 "And when the she-camels, ten-month pregnant, are abandoned. " At- Takwir, 81:5 [Publisher] 3 Also known as The Great Comet of 1882. [Publisher] 31