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100 the two men in the announcement as it would have saved people from all risk of misunderstanding. In answer to this letter Khalifatul Masih ra wrote: "You said that it contained a reference to you. I answered that it contained no reference to you, and contrary to my views of what is proper in such cases. I mentioned to you the names of the persons to whom my announcement referred. But in spite of that you have now declared in very plain words that you are opposed to the beliefs entertained by Nuruddin (meaning himself)" [letter of Khalifatul Masih I ra , dated 11th July 1912]. This correspondence was published in Al-Hakam , the oldest organ of the Movement, on 14th October 1912, i. e. in the lifetime of Khalifatul Masih I ra , and it is from the same journal (pages 6 and 7) that the above excerpts have been made. A perusal of the two excerpts will make it clear to the reader that in making the statement that Khalifatul Masih I ra disapproved of Zahirudin’s book and held a correspondence with him on the subject Maulawi Muhammad Ali has not been faithful to facts. For, as is evident from the correspondence held between Khalifatul Masih I ra and Zahiruddin, Khalifatul Masih I ra denied the fact that he had made any announcement adverse to the book Nabiyyullah Ka Zahur. If it was a fact that the correspondence had