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[ 24 ] quarter, then another hundred and fifty would be required for the next quarter. Therefore, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra stated: Everyone acting under this scheme will have to be responsible for his own affairs. If he has to cook his own food, he should be willing to do so, and if he has to sleep in the jungle, he should be willing to do it. Only those should come forward who are willing to undertake this effort and hardship. They will have to sacrifice their honour and their previous expectations. ( Ibid. ) An Enthusiastic Response from the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘ at to Their Imam The manner in which the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at responded to the call of its Imam was so extraordinary that it will always be remembered among religious com- munities. It is a chapter in the history of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at that should be written in gilded letters. What of the elders, the young, the men, the women, the children, the youth, the rich, and the poor? All of them presented such magnificent sacrifices that a book of sev- eral hundred pages could be written on the subject. Nev- ertheless, because of time, I shall suffice in presenting only a couple of examples: One Ahmad i la dy w rote to the Imam of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at at the time: