Life of Ahmad — Page 472
CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS as 472 from the Bible and the Vedas with their translation and references. Mere translation shall not be admissible. Atheists and Brahmans, of course, are exempted from this restriction. All the quotations must be correctly given in the written papers of every speaker. 9. Only gentlemen having thorough knowledge of their scriptures shall be deemed eligible for the purpose, and therefore only such A ryas and Christians are requested to accept our invitation who can easily read and translate their religious texts in the original, because anyone who has only a second-hand knowledge through other’s translations cannot be reliable in the eyes of a truth-seeker. 10. Urdu shall be adopted as the medium of our religious deliberations in the conference. Quotations from the sacred books shall also be rendered in this language by each speaker. But one who does not know Urdu or has been disabled to attend any meeting of the conference owing to indisposition or any other cause, may send his substitute whose words shall be taken for his own. The principal will have to subscribe his speech with his own signature, which shall make him responsible for it. English-speaking gentlemen not knowing Urdu shall also be furnished by me with able translators, whose services may be utilised gratis, in rendering their English speech into