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! 91 Ahmadiyyat because this is the spirit of servitude to Prophet Muhammad (sa ) and God will never let it perish. ” 57 “ A young girl writes that she would like to donate one of her sets of jewelry, which she has never worn. Perhaps, she says, ‘I have not worn it because it was already dedicated for the cause of Ahmadiyyat. Please use this in any scheme of the Jama’at, whether it be for a scheme in Europe or America. I have donated this set to Ahmadiyyat, so use it whereve r you deem fit, but please do not refuse me. God forbid, if you do reject it, please include it in some scheme of the Jama’at and pray that Allah gives me the ca pacity to make more sacrifices. ’” 58 “ A young man writes, Dear Master, I went to Frankfurt for Eid - ul - Fitr prayer. I was trying to overtake a car on the highway, when a thought occurred to me that what could be the outcome of speedily racing down the highway, except the loss of materialistic wealth and life itself; nothing else wou ld be gained from it. Then, another thought occurred to me, why not change this spirit of worldly competition to a spiritual competition. I then decided that I would pledge more than whatever the highest pledge was for the European Centers’ scheme. Upon reaching the mosque, I found out that a local Ahmadi businessman had pledged 40,000 Danish Marks. After investigating to make sure that no one had pledged more than this, I promised Allah in my heart that I would give 40,500 Danish Marks. Since my entir e savings amounted to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 57 Friday Sermon, November 9, 1984. Khutbat - e - Tahir, volume 3, pp. 658 - 59 58 Khutba Jummah , July 13, 1984 By Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV Khutbat e Tahir p p 371 - 372