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14 Eik Ghalațī Kā Izāla tions that 'He shall be from me'. 27 This is a very sub- tle hint that he will derive his spiritual existence from the Holy Prophetsa and will be a reflection of his spirit. This notion is strongly supported by the words which the Holy Prophetsa used in describing his rela- tionship with the Promised Mahdias, for he went so far as to give him his own name. This clearly signifies that the Holy Prophetsa wished to describe the Prom- ised One as his own Burūz, just as Joshua was the Burūz of Hadrat Mosesas. And it is by no means nec- essary for the Burūz to be the son or grandson of Şahib-i-Burūz. 28 What is essential is that, in respect of spiritual relationship, the Burūz must have emerged from Şahibi Burūz, and this mutual gravitation and relationship between the two must have been ordained from the very beginning. It would be wholly contrary to the splendid wisdom of the Holy Prophets that he should omit the description of the true connotation of . . . contd from previous page. . . the former Salmān. I declare on the basis of Divine revelation that I am Persian by descent and, according to the Hadith recorded in Kanzul 'Um- māl, the Persians are not only Israelites but are also among the Ahl-e-Bait. b In a vision, Hadrat Fatimata placed my head on her lap and thus showed me that I too belonged to her progeny. This vision is recorded in Brāhīn-e- Ahmadiyya. [Author] a Hadrat Salman Fārsīta [Publishers] b Kanzul 'Ummāl, Vol. 12, Hadith 34132, 34133. [Publishers] 27 Abu Dā'ūd, Kitābul Mahdi, Bāb I [Publishers] 28 Şahib-i-Burūz: The Prophet or Saint whose spiritual image is manifested in the Burūz. [Publishers]