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59 and earth. We, on the other hand, believe that he was in deed a true prophet and messenger and was the beloved of God Almighty, but he was not God. Hence, this debate will be held in order to truly settle these issues. God Almighty has directly informed me that the teach ings brought by the Quran are, in fact, the true path; every prophet has preached the same pure Oneness of God to their respective nations, but with the passage of time people became corrupted and accorded the status of God Almighty to humans. In short, this will be the objective of the debate. I am certain that the time has come when the jealousy of God Almighty will demonstrate its power and I trust that due to this contest, useful and effective results shall display themselves to the world. It would not be surpris ing if the entire world, or a large part of it, would now accept the one true and living religion that is shaded by God’s cloud of mercy. The debate ought not to be lim ited to the earthly realm alone, but rather the heavens ought to participate in it as well. The focus of this con test should be around which religion possesses spiritual life, heavenly acceptance and enlightenment. It would be incumbent upon me and my opponent to demonstrate the effects of our respective books in our own beings. If later on, they so desire to reconcile these two doctrines