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50 FIRST GRAIN OF SAND fluency about Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Deen Mahmood Ahmad: Он очень Много [pronounced On ochen Mnoga[-a shorthand way for me to say, 'He is a very big [important, holy] person. And referring to myself, I would say: я ничего нет [pronounced Ya nichego nyet]—which means, ‘I am nothing, in order to convey that Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih was a true noble and significant leader, whereas I myself am nothing in comparison. I would say this because Muhammad Yaar considered me a scholar of the highest order, and I made it a point to use different approaches to develop a love and awe in his heart for the Promised Messiahas. And I would tell him that the Promised Messiah's first successor was Hazrat Maulana Noor-ud-Deenra—a unique and one-of-a-kind scholar and his second and current successor is his eldest son, Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Deen Mahmood Ahmad. Muhammad Yaar used to read the Quran sometimes during the day, but after this discussion, he increased his frequency and often would recite the Quran in the prison for most of the night and then sleep during the day. The third person to join the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was Abdullah Khan, the same Imam who would lead Prayers in my cell and who would translate my Persian explanations into Turkish. Whenever the inmates asked religious questions, my method of answering was to first quote the relevant verses from the Quran and then follow with an explanation that contained the answer to their question. I would do the same with the Hadith [sayings of the Prophet Muhammad]. This was highly effective on everyone, especially on him. One day after the Maghrib Prayer, the inmates once again gathered and asked me where I had received this knowledge of religion from. Until now, I had not yet informed them about the