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! 50 future [for these sacrifices]. This [pleasure of sacrifice] is a reward in itself and cannot be replaced by any other reward. ” 37 In a Friday sermon on October 26, 1984 Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) announced that Libya Jama’at has pledged to support expenses of one translation of the Holy Quran, and had decided to support this as one Jama ’ at. He said: “For example, when I an nounced that we have decided to publish one [translation of the] Holy Quran, Allah brought forth one person to donate towards the expenses. When we decided to do a second, Allah brought forth a second person. When we decided to do a third, Allah brought fo rth a third person. Allah would send individuals to bear the costs, even before the translations [effort] were completed. May Allah reward those individuals from some Jama’ats who have written passionate letters expressing their desire for sacrifice. [Th ey wrote] O ur hearts are filled with uncontrollable passion and desire that may Allah enable us to donate towards expenses of one entire translation of the Holy Quran. It is not just one or two, but many such individuals in whom Allah has created such a de sire. Some Jama’ats have already presented [the donations]. Ahmadis from Libya are the first to do this. They have written to me that there is no single individual in their Jama ’ at [who can make the donation on his own]; thus the entire Jama ’ at pledges to make the donation. ” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 37 Friday sermon 15 January 1988, Khutbate Tahir vol. 7, p. 51