Intro
MGA claimed that per the Quran, the Messiah/Mahdi would come in the 14th century after Muhammad (saw)(naozobillah)(see Izala Auham quotes in the below). MGA quoted 24:55 and 3:123. However, the official commentaries of the Quran by Ahmadi’s deny this (see the official 5-volume commentary of 1988 and 2018). In 1893, via “Shahadatul Quran”, MGA claimed that 24:55 of the Quran indicated that the messiah would come 1400 years after Muhammad (saw)(see pages 107-108). Mirza Masroor Ahmad supported the same lie.
It should be noted that in the very first edition of Arba’in (1900), MGA and his team of writers wrote that “anbiya” had said that the Messiah would come in the 14th century, however, in the 2nd edition (1920), they wrote a footnote wherein it was stated that this was a clerical error and the word should have been “auliya”. Manzur Ahmad Chinioti explains this situation in this video. Watch my tik tok on this also. See our book review on Arba’in for details. Zia Rasul from the Aaqa Ka Ghulam youtube channel explains the entire story herein, see at the 3:30 mark).
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“The Messiah, son of Mary, his arrival, in the last era, has a prophecy in the Quran-e-Shareef. From the Quran-e-Shareef, the Messiah will emerge after 1400 years (it is proven). Many scholar’s have given the same impression and believed it.”
Transliteration
“Maseeh ibn Maryam kee akhree zamana mai anay kee Quran-ay Shareef mai paishgoi mujood hai. Quran-ay Shareef mai jo Maseeh ke nikal ne kee 1400 baras taak mudat tahrai hai. Bhot say auliya be apne mokar shafat kee ruh say is mudaat ko mantay hai.”
and
“””A few days ago I was meditating whether a certain hadith:
“”The Signs will appear after two centuries.””
means that the Promised Messiah would appear towards the end of the thirteenth century of the Hijrah and whether this humble one is included within the meaning of that hadith. Then my attention was, in a vision, directed to the value of the letters of the name set out below as indicating that the Messiah would appear at the close of the thirteenth century. and this had been determined in advance by divine decree. The name is:
[Urdu] Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani.
The value of the letters comprised in this name is exactly 1300. In this village of Qadian there is no other person bearing the name Ghulam Ahmad. Indeed, it has been conveyed to me that there is no one else in the whole world who bears the name Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani. It has been the way of Allah with me that He, hallowed be His name, conveys some mysteries to me which are comprised in the value of the alphabet. [Izala-e-Auham, p. 185, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 3, pp. 189–190](via Tadhkirah).
_______________________________________________________________________________________________The Quote from Ahmadi answers
Izala-e-Auham, Part 2, Ruhani Khazain, Volume 3, Pages 468-469, taken from ahmadi.answers.com on 7-9-2020, https://ahmadianswers.com/ahmad/allegations/writings/century/
“This humble one came in an era which is the era in which the Promised Messiah should have appeared, because the Hadith Al Ayatu Ba’dal Mi’atain which means that grand signs would take place in the 13th century, clearly and categorically substantiates that the appearance or birth of the Promised Messiah take place in the 13th century. The fact is that smaller signs had begun to manifest themselves even from the blessed time of the Holy Prophetsaw. Hence, undoubtedly, al-ayat refers to grand signs, which could not have in any way manifested themselves within 200 years. As such, the scholars have come to an agreement that Ba’dal Mi’atain refers to the 13th century and Al-Ayat refers to grand signs which are the advent of the promised Messiah, Dajjal, Gog and Magog, etc. And every individual can understand that in this age, which is the era of the advent of the promised Messiah, no one has made the claim that I am the Promised Messiah, except this humble one. As a matter of fact, in this period of 1300 years there has never been a claim from any Muslim that I am the Promised Messiah”
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1891
Ruhani khazain volume 3 page 464
“The Messiah, son of Mary, his arrival, in the last era, has a prophecy in the Quran-e-Shareef. From the Quran-e-Shareef, the Messiah’s will emerge after 1400 years (it is proven). Many scholar’s have given the same impression and believed it.”
Transliteration
“Maseeh ibn Maryam kee akhree zamana mai anay kee Quran-ay Shareef mai paishgoi mujood hai. Quran-ay Shareef mai jo Maseeh ke nikal ne kee 1400 baras taak mudat tahrai hai. Bhot say auliya be apne mokar shafat kee ruh say is mudaat ko mantay hai.”
Some additional commentary
In this quotation, MGA quoted 23:18 (23:19 in the Ahmadi Quran), the second half of it. “””and surely it is We Who determine its taking away””, MGA claimed that this verse equals 1274. In some type of weird mathematical method. However, Ahmadi scholars after MGA never connected 23:18 (23:19 in the Ahmadi Quran) to the return of the Messiah in the 14th century. He goes on to quote 61:9, and claims that this verse related to himself, the Messiah, son of Mary, of the time.
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1892
Nisham Asmani, online english edition, see pages 32-34
“””In fact, it is he concerning whom is written in a Hadith that even if faith ascended to the Pleiades, he would bring it back even from there. Yet another sign concerning him is that he will be a farmer. In short, it is a definite and proven fact that several Mahdis are mentioned in the Sihah Sittah, and one of them will appear in the Eastern countries. But some people have
been confused by the amalgamation of these Ahadith. However, the point which deserves most attention is that the time of advent of one Mahdi, as foretold by the Holy Prophet is the same in which we live, and he has called him the Mujaddid of the 14th century (Hijra) as, God willing, I shall later elaborate. Anyway, though it is definitely clear that a great Mujaddid will appear in India at the beginning of the 14th century [Hijra], it is quite arbitrary to declare that this prediction applies to Sayyid Ahmad Sahib, because, as I have already pointed out, Sayyid Sahib did not even live to see the 14th century (Hijra).”””
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1893
See Shahadatul Quran, online english edition, pages 107-108
“””The second reason is that the complete and perfect resemblance of the Khilafat of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to the Mosaic Khilafat necessitates the coming of the Promised Messiah, as is understandable from the following verse:
وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مِنْكُمْ وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ
It clearly tells that it is essential that a Mujaddid in the name of Hadrat Masih [ Jesus] will appear in the 14th century. This is because the Muhammadan Khilafat and the Mosaic Khilafat can be considered to have complete and perfect resemblance only if their first age and last age have mutual resemblance of the highest level.”””
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1898
The need for the Imam
See page 66
“”After this incontrovertible rejoinder, they were left with no choice but to admit that the Hadith
was true, and that it was correctly understood to signify the appearance of the Promised Imam in the near future; but, they said, this man is not the Promised Imam, he will be some other person. But this reply of theirs also proved to be flimsy and false, for had there been some other Imam, he should have appeared at the turn of the fourteenth century, as mentioned in Hadith. But fifteen years of the century have already passed and no Imam of theirs has yet appeared. The final excuse they have now come up with is, ‘These people are infidels, don’t read their books, and do not”””
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1898
Kitab-ul-Bariyyah, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 13, pp. 205-211, footnote], via Essense of Islam, vol.3
“””It would not be without interest to mention that the Promised Messiah’s appearance was awaited by all Muslim sects and everyone was looking forward to the fulfilment of the prophecies predicting this event in the context of the repeated sayings of the Holy Prophetsa. Many who were favoured with visions had intimated, on the basis of revelation, that the Promised Messiah would appear at the beginning of the fourteenth century of the Islamic era. The advent of the Promised Messiah is only briefly referred to in the Holy Qur’an, but it is mentioned so frequently in Ahadith, that it is unreasonable to deny its authenticity. Of all the prophecies made by the Holy
Prophetsa, this is the one that has been reported more than any other….”””
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1900, Arba’in
Arbaeen 1920
1984, Ruhani Khuzain
Arbaeen R K Vol 17 2008 Edition
It should be noted that in the very first edition of Arba’in, MGA and his team of writers wrote that “anbiya” had said that the Messiah would come in the 14th century, however, in the 2nd edition (1920), they wrote a footnote wherein it was stated that this was a clerical error and the word should have been “auliya”. Manzur Ahmad Chinioti explains this situation in this video. Watch my tik tok on this also. See our book review on Arba’in for details.
Transliteration Arbaeen 1920
Second Edition printed 18 December 1920
Arbaeen No 2 – Page 22
Jis ko Aan hazrat salala ho Alaih wasalm aap izat daiytay hain, aour fermatay hain kay kaisee
khush kismat wo ummat hai jis kay Awal ser per main hoon, aour aakhir main MASIH MAOUD hai.
Aour hadisoon say saaf tour per sabat hai kay agarcha wo aik shakhas ummat main say hai
magar AMBIYAA kee us main shaan hai. Phir aisay shakhas kay haq main SALAT AOUR SALAM
keeyon ghair mozoon aour ghair mahal hai. Na maaloom kay un loggon kee aqaloon per kiaa
pathar (stone) paray kay jis shakhas ko tamaam nabi ibtadaiy duniya say Aan Hazrat salala ho
alaih wasalam tuk izat daytay aaiy hain, us ko aik aiyasa zaleel samaghtay hain kay SALAT AOUR SALAM bhee us per kehna haraam hai. yahee wajaah to hai kay hum baar baar un logon ko mutanabahy (warn/inform) kertay hain Kay khudaa say darow, aour samgoh (understand/realise) kay jis shakhas ko MASIH MAOUD ker kay biyaan fermayaa giaa hai, wo kutch mamooly aadmi naheen hai. Bulkay Khudaa kee kitaboon main us kee izat AMBIYAA ALAIH SALAM kay hum pehloo rakhee gaiee hai. Tumm agar naa maano tow tum per hamaara jabar naheen, laykin agar kitaabain daykho gay to yahee paow gay. Aour agar yay kaaho kay MASIH MAOUD to wo hai jo asmaan say utertaa daikha jaaiy gaa,
**footnote: Aan hazrat salala ho alaih wasalam ko Mairaaj kee raat main kisee nay naa charthaa daikha aour naa utertaa, to phir kiaa un logon kaa farzee masih Aan Hazrat SAW say afzal thaa.**
To yay Khudaa Taala per jhoot our us kee kitaab kee mukhalifat hai. Khudaa taala kee Kitaab
Quran Shareef say yai qataee faisla ho chukaa hai kay Hazrat Eisa Alaih Salam Fout ho gaiy hain. Taajub kay khudaa Taala to Quran Shareef kay kaee maqaam main Hazrat Eisa kee wafaat zaahir fermaata hai, aour aap logue us ko aasman say utaar raahay hain. Kiaa ub Quran Shareef kay kissay bhee mansoukh ho gaiy? Yay wohee Quran hai gis kee aik ayat sun (to hear) ker aik lakh sohaaba nay ser jhukaa diyaa tha.
Page 23:
Aap ko maaloom ho jaiy gaa kay masih kee nisbat Quran kia kehta hai. Aap yaad rakhain kay iis
qadar hayaat e masih per jo aap zoar daytay hain, yay ber khilaaf munshaa e kalaam Ilahi hai. Aiy azeezo yaad rakho kay jo shakhas aana thaa, aa chukaa, aour Sadi jis kay ser per masih maoud aana chahay tha, us main say bhee 17 beras (years) guzar gaiy, aour is sadee main gis per ummat kay AOULIYA kee nazrain lagee hooi theen, is main baqoul tumharay aik jhotta (false) saa mujadid bhi naa paidaa hooa, our mahez aik dajjal paida hooa, kiaa in shokhioun (mischiefs) kaa hazrat e izaat kee dergaah (court) main jawab daynaa naheen paraay gaa. Go kaysay hee dill sakhat ho gaiy hain, aakhir is qader to khouf chahayaa thaa, kay jo shakhas sadi kay ser per paida hooa, aour ramazan kay kasoof aour khasoof nay us kee gawahee dee, aour islam kay mojouda sanaaf (do not know the meanings) aour dushmanon kay matawaater (continous) humlon nay is kee zaroorat sabat kee aour AMBIYYA guzashta kay kashoof nay is per kataee (firm/absolute) mohar (stamp) lagaa dee kay woh CHOUDHAWEEN SADI kay ser per paida ho gaa, aour naiz yay kay PUNJAB main ho gaa.
DIFERENCES IN THE:
Arbaeen, part of Ruhani Khazian vol 17, pages 369 – 371, printed in 2008
corresponds with page 22 and 23 OF ORIGINAL BOOKLET PRINTED IN 1920.
PAGE 369
Jis ko Aan hazrat salala ho Alaih wasalm aap izat daiytay hain, aour fermatay hain kay kaisee
khush kismat wo ummat hai jis kay Awal ser per main hoon, aour aakhir main MASIH MAOUD hai. Aour hadisoon say saaf tour per sabat hai kay agarcha wo aik shakhas ummat main say hai
magar AMBIYAA kee us main shaan hai. Phir aisay shakhas kay haq main SALAT AOUR SALAM
keeyon ghair mozoon aour ghair mahal hai. Na maaloom kay un loggon kee aqaloon per kiaa
pathar (stone) paray kay jis shakhas ko tamaam nabi ibtadaiy duniya say Aan Hazrat salala ho
alaih wasalam tuk (her it means also/including) izat daytay aaiy hain, us ko aik aiyasa zaleel
samaghtay hain kay SALAT AOUR SALAM bhee us per kehna haraam hai. yahee wajaah to hai
kay hum baar baar un logon ko mutanabahy (warn/inform) kertay hain Kay khudaa say darow, aour samgoh (understand/realise) kay jis shakhas ko MASIH MAOUD ker kay biyaan fermayaa giaa hai, wo kutch mamooly aadmi naheen hai. Bulkay Khudaa kee kitaboon main us kee izat AMBIYAA ALAIH SALAM kay hum pehloo rakhee gaiee hai. Tumm agar naa maano tow tum per hamaara jabar naheen, laykin agar kitaabain daykho gay to yahee paow gay. Aour agar yay kaaho kay MASIH MAOUD to wo hai jo asmaan say utertaa daikha jaaiy gaa,
**footnote: Aan hazrat salala ho alaih wasalam ko Mairaaj kee raat main kisee nay naa charthaa daikha aour naa utertaa, to phir kiaa un logon kaa farzee masih Aan Hazrat SAW say afzal thaa.** To yay Khudaa Taala per jhoot our us kee kitaab kee mukhalifat hai. Khudaa taala kee Kitaab Quran Shareef say yai qataee (final/absolute) faisla ho chukaa hai kay Hazrat Eisa Alaih Salam Fout ho gaiy hain. Taajub kay khudaa Taala to Quran Shareef kay kaee maqaam main Hazrat Eisa kee wafaat zaahir fermaata hai, aour aap logue us ko aasman say utaar raahay hain. Kiaa ub Quran Shareef kay kissay bhee mansoukh ho gaiy? Yay wohee Quran hai gis kee aik ayat sun (to hear) ker aik lakh sohaaba nay ser jhukaa diyaa tha.
PAGE 370
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Aap ko maaloom ho jaiy gaa kay masih kee nisbat Quran kia kehta hai. Aap yaad rakhain kay iis
qadar hayaat e masih per jo aap zoar daytay hain, yay ber khilaaf munshaa e kalaam Ilahi hai. Aiy azeezo yaad rakho kay jo shakhas aana thaa, aa chukaa, aour Sadi jis kay ser per MASIH
MAOUD aana chahay tha, us main say bhee 17 beras (years) guzar gaiy, aour is sadee main gis
per ummat kay AOULIYA kee nazrain lagee hooi theen, is main baqoul tumharay aik chota (small/little) saa mujadid bhi naa paidaa hooa, our mahez aik dajjal paida hooa, kiaa in shokhioun(mischiefs) kaa hazrat e izaat………….
PAGE 371
…………kee dergaah (court) main jawab daynaa naheen paraay gaa. Go kaysay hee dill sakhat ho gaiy hain, aakhir is qader to khouf chahayaa thaa, kay jo shakhas sadi kay ser per paida hooa, aour ramazan kay kasoof aour khasoof nay us kee gawahee dee, aour islam kay mojouda sanaaf (do not know the meanings) aour dushmanon kay matawaater (continous) humlon nay is kee zaroorat sabat kee aour AOULIYA guzashta kay kashoof nay is per kataee (firm/absolute) mohar (stamp) lagaa dee kay woh CHOUDHAWEEN SADI kay ser per paida ho gaa, aour naiz yay kay PUNJAB main ho gaa………….
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1902
Via Nuzhat Haneef
[RK, v. 17, pp. 132-133; starts at approximately middle of the page on p.
132; Tohfa-e-Goldrawiyah]
[A] hadeeth of Daar Qutanee also testifies to the fact that the Promised Mahdee will appear at the head [i.e., beginning] of the 14th century [Hijree]. That hadeeth is as follows: [part of the Arabic text from Daar Qutanee]. The translation of the entire hadeeth is that there are two signs for our Mahdee. Ever since the foundation has been laid for heaven and earth, those signs have not been manifested for any appointee and messenger and prophet. And those signs are as follows: In the month of Ramadan, the moon will eclipse on the first night of its established nights and the sun [will eclipse] on the central day of its established days. …
Now the 14th century is clearly established by this hadeeth because the solar and lunar eclipses that tell [us] of the Mahdee’s era, and present a sign to the deniers, have indeed occurred in the 14th century. Now what argument can be more lucid and clear than this that the hadeeth established the time of the solar and lunar eclipses as the time of the Promised Mahdee and this fact has been observed and experienced that these solar and lunar eclipses did indeed occur in the 14th century Hijree and in this very century the claim of the Mahdee met with severe denial.”””
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1903
Tohfah Golarhviyyah, Roohani Khazain, Vol. 17, P. 331
“One Hadith of Dar-e-Qatni also proves that the Promised Mahdi will appear at the head of 14th Century; and that hadith is this ….translation of the whole hadith is:’There are two signs of our Mahdi; since the creation of earth and heaven this sign has not been revealed for any appointed and prophet and messenger; and those signs are that moon will eclipse in the first night of its fixed nights of eclipse and sun will get eclipsed in the middle of the fixed days for its eclipse, during the month of Ramadhan.’
…this hadith clearly fixes 14th Century.”
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1904-1905 era
Lecture Ludhiana
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2020/04/13/what-is-lecture-ludhiana-by-mirza-ghulam-ahmad-1905/
See pages 44-45
And Allah had already helped you at Badr when you were weak.’
(3:123)(3:124 of the Qadiani Quran)
“””This verse actually implied a prophecy: When in the fourteenth century Hijrah Islam becomes frail and weak, God, according to His promise, shall come to its help. Why do you wonder if Allah has come to help Islam? I do not care about being called a liar and Antichrist or about aspersions cast on me. This had to happen, for such was the treatment meted out to God’s Messengers who came before me. I too had to share this age-old tradition. In fact, my share of these sufferings and hardships is not even a fraction of what our lord and master the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa had to face. His suffering has no parallel in the whole history of the prophets. He suffered such hardship for the sake of Islam as is beyond the pen to describe and the tongue to express. This shows how magnificent and determined a prophet he was. Without divine help and succour, it would not have been possible for him to face up to such mountains of trials and tribulations. Any prophet other than the Holy Prophetsa would have failed. The Islam he established in the face of such suffering and hardship is in such dire straits today as defy description!”””
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1984
November
The word Auliya is used, not Anbiya, and no footnote is given explaining it as a typo.
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1902-1903
Maulavi Nawab Siddique Hasan Khan Sahib also wrote in Hujaj-ul-Kiramah that he believed on the basis of strong evidence the the Promised Mahdi would appear at the turn of the fourteenth century. This is also quoted by MGA in Tohfah Golarviyyah, Ruhani Khazain, Volume 17, Pages 128-133).
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1907
Haqiqatul Wahy, online english edition
“””Furthermore, this Quranic verse:
As He made Successors from among those who were before them (Surah an-
Nur, 24:56).
also requires that in the fourteenth century one like ‘Isa [Jesus] should make his appearance in the Ummah, quite like Hadrat ‘Isa, who appeared fourteen centuries after Musa [Moses], so that a similarity should be maintained between the beginning and the end of both orders.””””
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1908
The quote from Ba5
See pages 482-483 of the online english edition
“””And while all this is happening, a trumpet will be blown from Heaven; i.e. God—through sending the Promised Messiah—will manifest Himself for the propagation of Islam. Then an inclination
towards Islam will develop in the pure-hearted people of every country throughout the world, and God will gather the blessed people of the entire earth into Islam to the extent He wills. Then will be the end. So, all the above have come to pass. Similarly, it was written in ahadith that the Promised Messiah would appear at the head of the century and that he would be the Mujaddid [Reformer] of the fourteenth [Hijri] century. So these Signs, too, have been fulfilled in this age.
It was also written that, by virtue of his birth, he would have a share of two centuries. And that he would be bestowed two names. And his birth would have a share of two lineages. And the fourth dual quality is that in his birth, too, he would be born as a twin. So all these Signs have become manifest. My sharing the two centuries—i.e. my being Dhul- Qarnain—is so established that there is no calendar of any nation of which my life has not spanned its two centuries.”””
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The reality is that they mis-quote Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan and thus, their line of argument is totally fabricated from all angles.
It needs deeper research however. Siddiq Hasan Khan and his son, Nuru Hasan, wrote the two books, respectively — Hujajul Kirama and Iqtiraab saa’ah. The quotes are taken out of context, and the authors themselves take the mention of 100, 200, 300 out of context and gratuitously add 1000 to them. It is well known that Dajjal and advent of Esa (as) was expected in early days (first 3 centuries) and then the interest died off until Suyuti, and then these two authors. These latter day authors added 1000 to the original Ahadith. Nurul Hasan ends his book saying that even if Mahdi does not appear, it does not change fundamental beliefs of Muslims, and that God decides when to raise him, and it may be that people become dejected and then God decides to raise him. This quote is also referenced in another article on Al-Islam web site. So, there is no Hadith or Quran verse that denotes a date and Nurul Hasan specifically says that no date was specified.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________Links and Related Essay’s
What is “Hujaj-ul-Kiramah” by Nawab Siddiq Hassan Khan of Bhopal?
https://youtu.be/mnJBTLw_0uk
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2017/09/25/mirza-tahir-ahmad-tells-the-world-in-the-90s-that-izala-auham-was-published-in-june-1891/
Izala Auham (1891), Part-1 and 2, quotes and background information
What is “Hujaj-ul-Kiramah” by Nawab Siddiq Hassan Khan of Bhopal?
In 1884, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed that the Quran 61:09, 48:28 and 9:32 was also revealed to him
Who is Syed Maulvi Muhammad Ahsan of Amroha, who worked as an Imam in Bhopal uptil 1891?
B.A. Rafiq, “Truth About Ahmadiyya, online version, https://www.alislam.org/library/book/truth-about-ahmadiyyat/suspension-of-jihad/, Retrieved on 6-7-19).
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