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HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS 3 Quran on the issue of reincarnation, and he wants this to be done through a newspaper. I hereby welcome his proposal, as I am already prepared in this respect. My essay in refutation of reincarnation, which I had read before Pundit Sahib in a public gathering, was written entirely with arguments and proofs from the Holy Quran and contained countless references to Quranic verses. Pundit Sahib, therefore, is also obliged to ensure that the essay he writes to counter mine is based on arguments from the Vedas, and that he publishes it in a newspaper like the Safir-e-Hind, Baradar-e-Hind or Āryah Darpan. In this way, the wise shall be able to judge for themselves. It would be advisable that the organisers and the judges appointed for this debate, which is aimed at a thorough comparison of the excellences of the Vedas and the Quran, are two noble and schol- arly persons from among the followers of the Christian faith and Brahmu Samaj, inasmuch as they do not belong to the faiths of the two parties involved in the debate. In my opinion, one such person is Reverend Rajab Ali, who is a well-read and scholarly per- son, and the other is Pundit Shiv Narayan who is considered to be a learned and insightful person among the Brahmu Samaj. To serve as judges and give a verdict on the debate, these two persons are most suitable and qualified. A discussion conducted in this manner would engender four benefits: First, the debate regarding the issue of reincarnation would be settled for all times to come. Secondly, a comparison and investigation done in this way would excellently make evi- dent the merits of the Vedas and the Quran. Their distinctive fea- tures which the judges would determine following the compari- son could then be treated as the touchstone for a final judgment.