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− defend their properties and persons, they will be allowed to do so and will not be put to any inconvenience on that account. No bishop will be expelled from his bishopric, no monk from his monastery, no priest from his place of worship, and no pilgrim will be detained in his pilgrimage. None of their churches and other places of worship will be desolated or destroyed or demolished. No material of their churches will be used for building mosques or houses for the Muslims, any Muslim so doing will be regarded as recalcitrant to God and His Prophet. Monks and bishops will be subject to no tax or indemnity whether they live in forests or on the rivers, or in the East or West, North or South. I give them my word of honor. They are on my promise and covenant and will enjoy perfect immunity from all sorts of inconveniences, Every help shall be given them in the repair of their churches. They shall be absolved from wearing arms. They shall be protected by the Muslims. Let this document be not disobeyed till Judgement Day. (Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Holy Qur’an Commentary, Vol. 4, ± ± − − − ± − ± − pp 1755-6) THE FAREWELL ADDRESS OF THE HOLY PROPHET AT MECCA ( sa HAJJATUL WIDA’) ± − In the ninth year of the , the Holy Prophet went on a Hijrah sa pilgrimage to Mecca. On the day of the pilgrimage, he received the revelation containing the famed verse of the Holy Qur’an: − OÎyi Ë ÓNÀ¨Ã Á¸Î¼§ OÀÀMA Ë ¸ÄÍe ¸» O¼À·A ÂÌλA ‘ ‘ å æ ê ä ä æ ê ä æ ê æ å æ ä ä å æ ä æä ä æ å ä æ ê æ å ä å æ ä æ ä ä æ ä æä BÄÍe Ým A Á¸» ’ j í È æ ê ä ä æ ê å å ä al yauma akmaltu lakum dinakum wa atmamtu ‘alaikum − ni‘mati wa raditu lakumul islama dina − ± − − − This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam as religion. (5:4) − 187