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! ! 370 p roduce d even one verse, he would be ready to accept him. Nizam - ud - D in said that he was going to go right now and get at least twenty verses from Muhammad Hussain Batalvi. The Promised Messiah as once again repeated that if he brought just one verse, he was ready to accept him. Nizam - ud - D in replied that he would leave for Lahore that very day and would return with ten verses. He left for Lahore and i n those days Haz rat Hakim Maulana Nur - ud - Din ra also happened to be in Lahore on personal business. People wished to see a debate between Muhammad Hussain Batalvi and Haz rat Maulana Nur - ud - Din ra. Muhammad Hussain Batalvi wanted to discuss the issue based on Hadith , but Haz rat Maulana Nur - ud - Din ra wanted to prove the issue based upon the Holy Qur’ān. Meanwhile, Nizam - ud - D in had reached Lahore and found Maul v i Muhammad Hussain in the Chinain Wali Mosque [a historic Mosque in the city of Lahore]. Nizam - u d - D in asked him, “ Forget this spectacle. What would be the purpose? I have brought a very easy decision from the Promised Messiah as. Produce at least ten Qur’ān ic verses to support the view that Haz rat Jesus as i s still alive. Hazrat Sahib as ha s said to bring only one verse but write down ten for me. ” Maul v i Muhammad Hussain Batalvi became very upset and said, “F or the past two months, after much suffering and arguing I was finally swaying Nur - ud - Din ra to wards discuss ing the issue based up on Hadith and now you bring up the Holy Qur’ān again ! ” Mian Nizam - ud - D in was a just man. He said, “Fine , w here the Qur’ān stands, we stand. ” This clearly shows that we are on the right path and the Holy Qur’ān , Hadith , and the reformers of the faith support our viewpoint. It is the adopti on of such means which lead s to the straight path, thus prompt ing the launch of T a hrik - i - Jadid. If all men and women understand this path well, then we all shall be the recipients of Allah ’s help. We tread the right path, but if we do not see progress, it is due to our own weakness. For example, we may own a sword, but we do not know how to yield it. There is a story of a King who had a servant who c ould cut all four legs of a horse with one s wing of his sword. The prince thought that the sword was very good, for it could cut all four feet in one s wing. He asked the servant to give him the sword , but he refused. The prince ran crying to the K ing , complaining