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79 it altogether or to use it with great caution? A. We have been trying to avoid its use after 1922. To Maulana Murtaza Ahmad Khan Maikash, contd. - Q. Have you ever used the word “ummat” in respect of your juma’at? A. I believe that Ahmadis are not a separate ummat, but if the word “ummat” has been used in respect of them, it must be by inadvertence and indicating merely a juma’at. Q. Please look at the “Alfazl” dated 13th August 1948, where the following passage occurs:- ب یاء ف ک ی ا ےلہپ ا� ی ف ےک رپسد � ّت ارے رپسد ک ی ا وہ یسک اور اُم ہ “اہلل اعتل ٰ ےن وج اکم � الھک یک رطف آ� ی ا وکیئ یبن دو الھک یک رطف آ� ی ا اور وکیئ دس ی ےس وکیئ یبن ا� ی م ےلص اہلل عل�یہ وملس یک وقم وسا الھک یھت � ی ا وہاتکس ےہ ی الھک یک رطف آ�یا. روسل رک� آپ ےک ےلہپ اخمبط ی الھک وہ. سب � ف ی ت دو � ی رعب یک آ�بادی آپ ےک زامہن م 23 ی. ” ہ رکوڑ اخمبط � ی ے یہ اچل ت � � ُھ� پ � ارے �ہ ف ی ےھت. ل In what sense have you used the word “ummat”? A. Here I have used the word “ummat” to denote the ummat of the Holy Prophet. Q. Are you not under an obligation to the British because in their reign your peculiar beliefs prospered and can you fail to continue to be grateful to them? A. Gratitude is a moral obligation and has nothing to do with politics. It is true that we are beholden to them for the justice that they have done to everybody including ourselves. Q. Did Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib, with a view to obliging the British, write literature against jehad bis-saif for dissemina- tion in Muslim countries, so voluminous that it could occupy about fifty almirahs? A. What he wrote was with a view to removing a misunderstanding which other religions had against the Muslims. It embraces