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279 you to turn him away. You have been instructed to not rebuke the one who begs of you. Indeed, God has instructed the other person as well to refrain from beg- ging, but such people will receive their punishment from God for their misdeed. It does not behove you, however, to disobey a commandment of God Almighty that ought to be honoured. Therefore, if you are able, then give something to such preachers, and if you have nothing, then tell them gently. 1 Ill-Thinking Conflict begins when a person begins to harbour corrupt thoughts and doubts. If a person thinks well of others, they will be enabled to give them something as well. If one errs at the very first stage, how can one reach their intended destination? Ill-thinking is a most vicious thing and it deprives an individual of many a virtue. This then grows until the condition reaches a state where a person begins to think ill of God. If the disease of ill-thinking had not grown, then do tell me on what basis do the Muslim clerics declare me a disbeliever and reject me? For they have left no stone unturned or spared any expense in declaring me a disbeliever and inflicting grief upon me. I have proclaimed loudly and sworn by God Almighty again and again that I am a Muslim. I have said that I believe in the Holy Quran as the Seal of the Books, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as the Seal of the Prophets. I declare that Islam is a living Faith and is the true means of salvation. I believe in the decrees of God Almighty and in the Day of Resurrection. I face the same Qiblah to offer my Prayers, and I offer the same number of Prayers. I keep all of the fasts in the month of Ramadan. Then what have they found to be so odd in me for which they considered it necessary to label me a disbeliever. This is extremely unjust. These people do not reflect upon their own impure deeds and lives. They fail to reflect and ponder over the heaven and earth in order to come to the understanding that all of these creations have a Creator. What benefit did the Muslim clerics derive from the sign of Lekhram? The Sign of Atham What benefit did the Muslim clerics derive from the sign of Atham? Goodness gracious! How clearly was it fulfilled and yet attempts were made to discredit 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 4, no. 34, dated 24 September 1900, pp. 4-5