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! 86 they might indeed be sent by God. However, Rabia Basri refused again. Again, a little while later, she heard from the rich neighbor who asked the servant as to where she had been and handed her twenty breads. By distributing the two breads, Rabia Basri had made a "deal" with God that she would be rewarded ten times more. So in this respect, for the two breads, twenty should have come back instead of the eighteen. After narrating this incident, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I (ra) stated tha t this event must be true since he himself has experienced and tried such incidents. However, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I (ra) also cautioned that one should never test God because God does not care for your tests. ” A devoted member’s extraordinary increase in Tehrik - e - Jadid pledge and Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba)’s comments Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba) mentioned in his Friday sermon of November 5, 2007: “A member has written that I had increased my Tehrik - e - Jadid pledge manifolds. I know him persona lly. He had pledged much more than his capacity but Allah blessed him in such a manner that God provided him with the means to fulfill what he pledged. This year again, he has doubled his pledge. Then, again, Allah, the Almighty blessed him according to Hi s promise that ‘ He will provide for him from where he cannot