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! 40 “This humble servant has been participating [in this blessed scheme] more or less due to the prayers of your Holiness. Otherwise, a person like me who does not have a single cent saved, rather who is in debt for thousand rupees, whose monthly income barely suffices his entire family can only partake in this blessed scheme through the mercy of God and the prayers of your Holiness. ” 25 Another elderly devoted Ahmadi showcased his faith and dedication in these words: “My Master! I increase my financial sacrifice and my Lord, Allah, increases my income and blesses my wealth and progeny…. It is not I who gives in donation it is my Master, my Creator who gives, I only sen d it in the form of a money order. I was in debt and in these years it has all been paid off; my houses were of mud now they have been cemented. I think that thi s financial sacrifice of Tehrike Jadid is an antidote; it is alchemy. ” 26 “… This time there was no apparent way for me to fulfill my dues of the Tehrike Jadid but Allah, the Almighty, through his sheer grace, enabled me to fulfill my dues …. Now, the condition is that I do not have a single penny in my house. I have to survive the entire month on lo ans. ” 27 There was a lot of loss of life and property at the occasion of the partition of India and Pakistan. Despite such circumstances, the devoted members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim C ommunity showed great examples of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 25 Al - Fadl, December 19 th , 1940 26 Al - Fadl, December 18 th , 1940 27 Al - Fadl, November 18 th , 1940 !