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( xiv ) in the mind, and affairs, of the Lahore Section. The Paigham-i-Sulha wrote: “Some people with a poor grasp bear an idea in their mind which they express from time to time. Since this century is drawing to its close, they argue, the Movement, started by the Mojaddid of the time, has reached the last stages of its life. Now only the coming Mojaddid of the next century would be able to put new life into it. To put a soul into this body is not our task: nor does it lie within our power. ” ( Paigham-i-Sulha , January 15, 1958, as quoted in Tarikh-i-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. V, page 143). ” At the end of this Foreword I have the pleasure to thank my friends who have given me assistance in this work. One of these is one of my old pupils, Maulvi Dost Mohammed Shahid, the learned author of the History of Ahmadiyyat, who has given me help in looking up some references. He has also extended to me the advantage of some of his views. Similarly I have to express my thanks to another pupil of mine, Dr. Syed Zahur Ahmad Shah, Waqif-i-Zindagi, to whom I have dictated a large part of this work, a labour of love, which he undertook and performed with diligence and evident pleasure. And last, but not least, the reverend, and venerable Hafiz Mukhtar Ahmad, Shahjahanpuri, in spite of old age, and a consequent weakness of health, to whom I read out the MS and received the benefit of his learned opinion with valuable suggestions for alterations here and there. May Allah extend to them all a reward in the form of His pleasure at the co-operation they have extended to me! A humble worker of the Movement Qazi Mohammad Nazir Lyallpuri October 4, 1966