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xix I NT rod U c TI o N He also laid down upright rules for religious dialogue and dis- cussion. He says: Anyone who wishes to reply to this book must respond in two ways as per the conditions laid down in the Challenge [in Part I]. They must produce arguments from their own scriptures, for comparison with the arguments of the Holy Quran, and must also refute the arguments I have given. If they fail to present comparable evidence from their own scriptures and focus entirely on countering my arguments, it will be taken to mean that they are totally incapable of providing evidence for the divine origin of their Book. ( see Part II, Preface, on page 104) Based on the Holy Quran, he declared that all religious found- ers whose teachings have become widespread must be honoured and accepted as true. He also appealed for due courtesy in all religious discussions. Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya was started with the intent of providing 300 rational arguments in support of the divine origin of the Holy Quran and the truthfulness of the Holy Prophet sa. While still wri- ting Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya , Hadrat Ahmad as started receiving an abundance of divine revelations, many of which are recorded in Parts III and IV. He states at the end of Part IV: In the beginning, when I wrote this book, the situation was very different from now. Thereafter, the Providence of Allah the Almighty descended upon me with the spiri- tual light that made me aware, like Moses, of which I was totally unaware before. I was wandering, like Hadrat