(2) While explaining the isti'adha (seeking refuge with Allah), he hints at denying the very existence of the jinn and their devils; for him and his misguided followers the “jinn” are nothing but the leaders of human beings, as one of his adherents explicitly told me. I engaged him in an oral debate on this point over almost ten sittings, after which he withdrew, disgraced and defeated. We are now, in Sha'ban of the year 66, holding meetings with them every Friday, in the presence of their Indian missionary Nur Ahmad Munir, to set the terms of a written debate between our side and theirs, since they have absolutely refused an oral debate. More than four sessions have already passed, yet they continue to dodge the very first question we wrote for them in the two notebooks kept by both parties and which they signed—just as we did—with their own signatures. In summary, the question is: Are you prepared to discuss with us your belief that many non-legislating prophets can appear after our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ? Their replies so far amount to a refusal to examine this doctrine. We are still waiting for their decisive answer, though I hardly expect to receive it. Allah is the One whose help is sought. (1) “It is the matter by which a person becomes sinful, or it is the sin itself—the verbal noun being used in place of the noun; the same applies to al-maghram. By it he means ‘debt,’ as is clear from the rest of the hadith: ʿAisha said, ‘Someone remarked to him, “Messenger of Allah, how often you seek refuge from debt!” He replied, “When a man is in debt he speaks and tells lies, he promises and breaks his promise.”’”