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173 them by 18 or 19 November, they will have to accept that, starting from the first of November to the middle of the month, the total number of days would be fifteen. I have, however, out of mercy for their condition, and in order to clinch my argument against them, given five more days to them, and the days spent on the delivery of the post are not included in this period. Therefore, to quell the confusion, we presume that the post will take three days to reach them—that is, from 17–19 November 1902. They will surely have received the qa si dah by these dates. So, the stipulated period of time for them will begin on 20 November and thus end on 10 December 1902. Now, if, within the twenty days’ time, which will expire in the evening of 10 December 1902, they will have pub - lished their response to the qa si dah and the related Urdu essay, you may rest assured that I am absolutely ruined and destroyed and all my enterprise is rendered null and void. With an outcome like this, my entire community should abandon me and cut their ties with me. Still, if my opponents intentionally stay away from this com - petition, they will not only deprive themselves of the cash prize worth 10,000 rupees, they will also continue to partake of the ten curses invoked against them. Out of the 10,000 rupees, Sanaullah will receive 5,000, while the remaining 5,000 will be distributed 1,000 per head, provided they emerge victorious. والسَّالم ُ علـٰی من اتّبع الھُدٰی [And peace be upon him who follows the guidance. ] Humbly, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian