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hard work, should avoid all kind of mental and emotional strain, and take complete rest for a considerably long time. . Such having been the circumstances of my life during the year, I naturally have not had the time for making a proper preparation for my Paper this year, in the series called Zikri-Habeeb. I have not been in a position to make either a good selection of rawayat and incidents for treatment in my paper. Nor have I been able to express them in writing in a worthy and effective manner. I have to depend on only a casual and light study of the relevant field; and I have had to content myself with a simple narration of the rawayat and a simple description of the events and incidents referred to. Beyond this, it rests only with God, as to what measure of effectiveness and appeal he bestows on a writer and his writings. While hoping for the best, therefore, from His grace and mercy, I beseach friends to be indulgent with me in view of my handicaps; and I hope they will hold me excused if they find some fault or weakness in my treatment of material so sacred and important for the Ahmadiyya Movement. If, on the other hand, they find something good in my Paper, 1 hope and pray that they strive to derive full benefit. . The key to good health rests only in the hands of God; and it is only He Who can invest the words 61