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80 several subjects in respect of which misapprehensions existed, and incidentally it covered the subject of jehad also. To jehad itself he devoted a pamphlet of only a few pages. Q. Has not Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib in the following couplet claimed preference to our Holy Prophet: 24 اتنکر المرشقان القمران غسا یل ان و المنری القمر خسف لہ (For the Holy Prophet, he said, only one moon was eclipsed whereas for my sake both the sun and the moon were eclipsed. ) A. This is merely a reference to the hadis that at the time of the appearance of Mehdi there will be an eclipse both of the sun and the moon in the month of Ramzan. Q. Did you ever describe the general body of Muslims as Abu Jehl and your own community as an “aqaliyyat”? A. It is not correct that I regard the general body of Muslims to belong to the party of Abu Jehl but it is correct that our community is small in number. To Court:- Q. How many key posts in Pakistan do Ahmadis hold? A. I do not think anyone beyond Chaudhri Muhammad Zafarullah Khan holds any post which may be called a key post. Q. What is the number of Ahmadi officers in the following services: 1) the Air Force, 2) the Navy, and 3) the Army ? A. One and a half or two per cent in the Army, about five percent in the Air Force and 1 per cent in the Navy. Q. Is Mr. Lal Shah Bokhari an Ahmadi? A. No.