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200 discomforts of age and the pains of the ailments from which he has been suffering, and gave vent to his feelings in the words, 'Praise be to God, I have lived to see the day for which I had been waiting for years'. " The writer continued, "I may mention here on behalf of my father regarding this tribe of the Pharaoh namely, the Lahore party, that it has transpired that one Devil 7 among them, in speaking about the book Al-Qaulul Fasl , referred to its author saying that he was an evil minded man, a liar, a man of craft and that he would work to expose all his toils. These foul words are among the least uttered by the man. His condition is in fact similar to that of the Pharaoh. If he will not repent, then, in the end, he will be engulfed in a Hood of darkness. Amen!" Dated, February 11, 1915. From these letters, written by or on behalf of Maulawi Sayyid Muhammad Ahsan, it would appear that he had carefully heard the book Al-Qaulul Fasl from beginning to end, and had found its conclusions both valid and well-demonstrated. In other words, he considered the subject matter of the book to be at once correct and well-substantiated by the testimony of God and His holy men. He was so pleased to hear the 7 This term Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan used with reference to Khwaja Kamaluddin.