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164 money that you might have loaned to me, or if you asked for your right and I refused to honour it, then provide evidence for it and make your demand. For example, suppose I had received the cost of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya from you. In that case, I implore you in the name of God Almighty, before Whom you will stand one day to render account, to return those four volumes of Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya to me and take your money back. Look! I am making this announcement openly that if you demand a refund of the price of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, and send the four volumes to me after showing them as value-payable to any of my friends, then if I do not fully refund you after receiving all four volumes, the curse of Allah be upon me. But if you nei- ther stop the accusation nor return the book to receive the money back, then the curse of Allah be upon you. In the same way, every right that you may have over me can be met after providing evidence. Tell me, what else can I say other than this that if no one comes forward to demand his right, I am asking him to come forward under the curse of God? I have pre- viously published three advertisements concerning the price of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, stating the same message that I am ready to refund the fee on receipt of all four volumes of my book and for them to receive from me the few dirhams for which they are dying. مَن ِ اتَّبَع َ الهُدَى ى ٰ الم ُ عَل َّ وَالس مَن ِ اتَّبَع َ الهُدَى ى ٰ الم ُ عَل َّ وَالس [And peace be upon him who follows the guidance]. Publisher, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani— 15 December 1900 ce