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34 A VERDICT REQUIRED been premeditated through mutual consultation and conspiracy. However, had this been true, why wasn't Lekh Ram provided full security during the days of Eid to thwart the plot which the Aryas had been aware of for several years? A strange coincidence occurred on the day Lekh Ram's soul departed-namely, Sunday—which the Aryas had designated as a special day of celebration. Firstly, it was Sunday itself, which is one festivity among the Hindu festivals. Secondly, it was proclaimed a day to rejoice for the purification of the assassin, who was posing himself as a recent Muslim convert, and the intention was to make the assassin a Hindu again in a public gathering. In short, the appellation عجل ]calf], which was given to Lekh Ram through Divine revelation, carried a very subtle mys- tery within itself, and it was filled with several allusions to the mysterious Signs of the unseen. One is verily that he would come under Divine wrath during the days of Eid, like the calf of Samirī. Another is that the calf of Samirī had been shattered into pieces by human hands, burned, and then cast into the river. Accordingly, these three activities had taken place with Lekh Ram as well. Thirdly, the calf of Samiri was worshipped, and God had unleashed an epidemic pestilence upon that nation-which was most likely the plague-as chronicled in the Torah [Exodus], chapter 32, verse 35, which states: 'And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf. . . . Likewise, the praise of Lekh Ram had risen to the point of worship, and the Muslims were made to suffer unjustly. These people firmly believed in their hearts that this was an act of God; not the plot of the one who