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229 with shock. He stood silent for some time and then said , “Fine Maulawi Sahib, wherever the Holy Qur’an stands , that is where I stand. ” He returned to the Promised Messiah as and took his Bai ‘ at. Thus , just as Mian Nizam - ud - D in said , “Wherever the Holy Qur’an stands , that is where I stand,” you have also been provided with this opportunity due to the blessings of the Promised Messiah as , to reiterate that , “Wherever the Holy Qur’an stands, that is where we stand. ” There is no doubt that the Ah adith are truthful, yet their ranking is lower than the Holy Qur’an. The Holy Qur’an is the word of God Almighty , and we can swear by its truthfulness, but we cannot swear that the A h adith are most definitively true. S ometimes even using a little bit of common sense pays off. When Ha z rat Um m - e - Tahir ra was ill and was being treated in Lahore , we were staying at She ikh Bashir Ahmad's house. At the time , a Maulawi Sahib came to visit me one night and said , “ I have come to you because your Jama ‘ at is re a lly very small. At the most , it will be a million , but the other Muslims number in the hundreds of millions. If you had work ed alongside other Muslims, you would have achieved a great deal more. ” I said to him, “Y ou have come t o visit m e at night, so I ask you, why d o you troubl e yourself? A s far as numbers are concerned, we agree that Muslims number in the hundreds of millions , b ut if you felt that Ahmadis should work alongside you, it is because Ahmadis are hardworking. If they work with other Muslims , then perhaps more work can be achieved. However, have you ever wondered where these hard work ing people ca me from? The se people came from amongst you, but when they entered t he Ahmadiyya Jama'at , they became hard working individuals. That shows that Mirza Sahib has such an influence that whoever becomes a part of this Jama'at , becomes hard working a nd whoever stays with you becomes useless. You people are six thousand times larger than this Jama'at , yet you are un able to achieve that which this Jama'at is accomplishing. If you had considered this , you would have in fact suggested to me that I inform my Jama'at that they shouldn’t work with other Mu sl ims or they too w ill become as lazy and redundant like the rest of them , and the work of propagating Islam would stop. ” At thi s, Maulawi Sahib said , “T hat i s correct. It was my duty to tell you that you have done a great favor to Muslims by establishing a