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26 and through his vain speech, and that if I remained silent, he would definitely increase in his crimes and would deceive people with his false claim of silencing me. When he entered the trap, I deemed it proper to seize him and slaughter him for the hun- gry. Verily, he flies like a locust in order to devour the crop of the Lord of the people. Hence, in support of the fountain of truth and its flowing waters, I thought it proper to hunt this locust and its young and save God’s crea- tures from the deception of the treacherous. I swear by Him who granted me His love and called me in support of His loved ones, that I have no interest whatso- ever in the prize money of that man. I consider him as absurd as his discourse. I just want him to see the reward for his crime so that certain biased, ignorant people may not be misled. Know —O ye who composed this book demanding my reply! إنعامه وتُرّهات الكمه، ولو صمتنا فال شك أنه یز ید في اجترامه، ویخدع الناس بتزویر إفحامه، وإنه ولَج الفخ ّ فنری أن نأخذه ثم نذبحه للجائعین. وإنه یطیر زرع لیا ٔكل الجراد، طیران عین لتائید فرأینا ّ العباد، رب نصطاد أن ومجار یها، الحقیقة هذه الجراد مع ذرار یها، ونُنج الخلق من كید الخائنین. فوالذي حبانا بمحبّته، ودعانا إلی تائید أحبّته، إنّا ال نرغب في عطاء هذا الرجل وإنعامه، بل نحسبه ً كفضول الكمه، وما نر ید إال ال ّ فضو أن نُر یه جزاء اجترامه، لئال یغتر بعض الجهلة من المتعصّبین. فاعلم یا من ألّف الكتاب ویطلب منّا الجواب، إنا جئناك