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A Grand Prophecy: A Great Fire That Covers the Night

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The year is 1883. Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is enjoying a pleasant stroll with two companions on a pier overlooking the fjord of Christiania (now Oslo) at dusk, when suddenly, he is overcome by a sense of anxiety and dread. Munch's emotions during the stroll serve as the inspiration for one of the most iconic paintings in the history of Western art: The Scream. Munch would eventually paint different versions of the painting between the early 1890s and 1910, experimenting with various mediums. The painting itself is simple in a sense. It is divided into three major components: the sky, the Oslo fjord (the Nordic name for a sea inlet), and a pier with the main subject of the painting, an eerily elongated figure in black with hands on its head, midway through a terrifying scream. Colourful and swerving undulated strokes converge on the figure, bringing it into focus and emphasising the emotion of panic it represents. His two companions, who seem unperturbed by the presence of the ...
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The Promised Messiah & Dhu'l Qarnain

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Born in 1835 in Qadian, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) is the Messiah and Mahdi that was promised by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) as the reformer who would revive Islam in the latter days. He was completely in love with the Best of Creation (saw), and being his most devoted servant, he defended Islam in a time when it was being attacked from all sides and, through the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, laid the foundation for it to prosper once again. One of the titles that Allah Almighty bestowed upon the Promised Messiah (as), was Dhu'l Qarnain.  Of all the people mentioned in the Holy Quran by name, Dhu'l Qarnain is perhaps one of the least well known. The proof of this man's greatness lies in the following words of the Holy Quran: "We said, O Dhu'l Qarnain...", the implication being that he was the subject of divine revelation (Holy Quran, 18:87). Allah the Almighty describes him as a king who was blessed with the attributes of benevolence, generosity, and wis...
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