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Proceedings—Debate 26 May 1893 99 is All-Powerful in reality, so He will surely be able to restore them to health; so what need is there for the delay? And as you said, He will be with the just—most certainly He will. Have mercy on the creatures of Allah and do so quickly. And you must have known already that you would have to deal with this situation today. The God who had informed you through revelation that in the field of this battle you would be victorious, He would also have told you that the blind and other afflicted ones would be presented. So fulfil your challenge in front of all these Christians and Muhammadans. Fourth— What you told us regarding salvation from the Quran, its summary has to do with specific deeds and we will review this matter in the coming week because that will be the appropriate time when our attacks will start, and your assaults will come to an end. And we will examine this expiation of the deeds of righteous people that you have presented to see whether this is perfect or defi- cient. Similarly, we will examine the method of salvation presented by Christ on that same occasion. Signature—English Signature—English Henry Martyn Clark Ghulam Q a dir Fasih President President Representing Christians Representing Muslims