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223 before people. Yet, people refused to accept the m. If what these treasures referred to was tangible money and wealth, then there w ould not be a ny question of not accepting it because anyone who is given money will readily take it. I remember once when the Promised Messiah as was seated in the m osque , a non - Ahmadi came to him and he said, “If you are truthful then give me ten thousand rupees. ” The Promised Messiah as laughed and said “ A Maulawi must have sent you to go ask Mirza Sahib for money. ” However, the treasure the Promised Messiah as was to bring was not mater ia l wealth, because no one distributes money. If I put one rupee i n your hand right now, I will see how you will distribute it. In reality , the treasure s the Promised Messiah as came to distribute w ere spiritual and intellectual treasure s , and these treasures wer e also distributed in abundance. But alas! It is regretful that p eople do not accept them. Therefore, one meaning of Al - Kauthar is the Promised Messiah as , for he is a man of much goodness. The other aspect being referred to in Al - Kauthar is you, i. e. , that which God Almighty has bestowed in abundance. In the beginning you numbered only one or two in your areas , but now hundreds of Ahmadis are to be found t here. A lady just came from Lahore. She said that the first Ahmadi yya m osque in Lahore was in her area. I said that this m osque was built because of the blessings o f the late Quraishi Muhammad Hussain Mufarrih Anbari. He built a m osque in seventeen m ar a la [a measure of land. One marla equals 30. 25 square yards] of land, which was more than enough for the need at that time. The Jama ‘ at then made a terrace on it, and then people began offering their prayers in the streets. Therefore , around seven to eight hundred worshipers used to come to that m osque. Once I went out after leading the prayer s and saw that the whole side ally was filled with bicycles. But now God Almighty has given the Lahore Jama'at the opportunity to buy five more kanal [equivalent to half an acre] of land in Mohammad Nagar. So , this land is six times bigger than the first m osque. Around three thousand worshipers can come to this place. Then there is another piece of land of twenty - one k anal which is available near t his land. The owner of the land says that we c an also buy th at land. If we can acquire th at land and a