The Victory of Islam — Page 24
24 during this period of time, and also to allow the enemies to vent all their rage. Now that Divine Will has again turned towards the com - pletion of the remaining books, He has turned my attention towards the authoring of this treatise as an invitation. Hence, at this moment there is a dire need for me to complete the writing of books. A sizeable portion of Bar a h i n has yet to be published. If that is prepared, then it should be dispatched to purchasers and all those who were given the earlier parts of the book purely for the sake of Allah [i. e. gratis] and are promised to be given in future. The same applies to other books, such as Ashi‘at-ul- Qur’ a n, Sir a j-e-Mun i r, Tajd i d-e-D i n, and Arba'in f i ‘Al a m a t-il- Muqarrab i n. I also intend to write a commentary of the Holy Quran. I also have a fervent desire in my heart that a journal refuting Christianity and other false creeds—and in opposition to their newspapers—be published on a monthly basis. Outside of financial provision and monetary support, there is no other obstacle in keeping all this work in continuous motion. If we had the facility of our own printing press and a full-time editor with us, along with the means for all necessary expenses within our reach—in other words, were funds made availa - ble routinely for whatever expenses we incur to pay for paper, printing, and salaries for editors—then there would be adequate arrangements for the full growth and thriving of this particular branch out of these five branches. O ye land of India! Is there no wealthy one possessed of generosity within you who could bear the expenses of—if not more, then—just this very branch? If five resourceful believers