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Clarifying the interaction stage & seeking power to establish Islam

Following the recent uprising we have received some requests to publish something that explains this topic. The following is the translation of a useful leaflet translated from the Arabic original issued in 1972 by the pioneers of the da'wah for the resumption of the Islamic way of life through the re-establishement of the Khilafah state. The original Arabic version follows the translation, please refer to it for exact meanings. 


بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
1. The hizb (party) never claimed that its aim is to seize the power, and it never said that. The aim of the hizb is clearly outlined and defined in the administrative law. The aim is: to carry the Islamic Call (da’wah al Islamia) and resume the Islamic way of life. And therefore for anyone who thinks or assumes that the aim of the hizb is to achieve authority is absolutely wrong, be it the one who is in the hizb or outside the hizb. It is obligatory for us and the people to know certain important basic matters.
Yes indeed the method of the party in realising its goal is the authority/power, but it would not accept the partial power, and it would not take power unless it is complete power and that too in a single installment and it would not proceed with the implementation unless it is radical (not gradual). But it does not mean since the realisation of the aim is dependent on the attainment of power that it is the aim, rather it is just the method to realise the aim and it would not be correct to add even a bit to it apart from being the method in any condition.
2. The hizb wants to establish the Islamic state and not attain power alone, so if it is sure that when it takes over power that it would not be able to establish the Islamic state then it will not take the power and it will not accept it. And it has clearly outlined the way to establish the Islamic state in its books, which does not give a reason to interpret it further. And there is a detailed discussion on the subject in the hizb’s book “how to establish the Islamic state” and this discussion is well known, so there is no need to rethink over the matter of Rule/Power and in the method to establish the State, because it is a matter well studied and defined, and the progress should be according to it, and to wait or not to wait, and the delay or not has no affect on that. So the subject is the precise method and it is important to adhere to it.
The hizb says in its book “and therefore it was obligatory on us to take the Carrying of the Islamic Call (Da’wah al Islamia) and the work to resume the Islamic way of life as a method to re-establish the Islamic state. And therefore it was obligatory on us to take all the Islamic countries as a single society and our goal for the call (da’wah). It was important for us to contain the domain of the work in one area or some areas where we culture the people with Islam until it is alive in them once and they live for it and we create general awareness through it, and the public opinion for it until the response from the society to the Da’wah carrier is a productive, motivating and effective response, which converts the da’wah into interaction and progress.  This interaction is a struggling move which aims to bring in place the Islamic state for the ummah in this area or these areas. And then the Call (da’wah) would have converted from the thought in the mind to existence in the society and from a people’s movement to a state.”
This is the text for the method (of the hizb), and it is clear and the hizb proceeded on it and adhered to it, and it did not transgress or exceed from it by even one hair, this is why the hizb is concerned about the people, is concerned about the society and is concerned about the reaching of the thought to the people and it says in clear words: the aim is the ummah , because the hizb aims at the ummah, and it does not care about the number of its shabab, and does not bother about their large or small numbers, and what matters to it is the ummah, and this is clear and explicit in the books of the hizb and its behaviour and its activities and actions. So the activity of the hizb is the ummah, and it remains busy with the ummah, and what came in its books and particularly the book “takatul” (Structuring) and “mafaheem” (Concepts) all add to the explanation and what is clear in the activities and proceedings of the hizb which is viewed by all the people including those who are blind.
3. The hizb when it started to work to establish the Islamic state had limited its domain of work among the people and it still continues to do so, so it worked in the society and amongst the people, and it continues to work in the society and among the people, and it did not work to take over power in any of its activities however small it was, and it continues to not work to take over power in any of its activities however small it was, what it did was to add to its activities the call the seeking of power (talab an nusrah) from those who were in authority and power.
The shabab of the hizb used to ask when the hizb had started its work as to the way to take over power, the hizb used to explain to them in a clear and explicit way, that this style is determined by the type of actions, and when there is a acceptance from the ummah it will study the action and decide upon the style to undertake that type of action at that point of time, so it may be by civil disobedience, or it may be by mass protests, or it may be a violent revolutions or it may be by a coup or it may be otherwise, and there was a bulletin (Nashra) in this regards which was distributed among the shabab during the mid fifties. When the party entered the interactive stage in 1960 and when it faced the rigidity in the ummah and the increased brutal persecution, it returned to the Seerah an nabawiyah to adopt a method which describes a practical and realistic way to actually establish the state.
After studying, thinking and research it arrived to the fact that taking power was from the styles (usloob), as for the establishment of the state is the method (tareeqah) and not a style (usloob), and it also arrived to the practical realistic method to reach to the establishment of the state actually is through seeking power (talab an nusrah), the prophet (saw) after the Meccan society showed rigidity in front of him in Makkah, and after the brutal persecution against him and his companions increased, he took to attaching to his call the seeking of power (talab an nusrah), so he started seeking power from the people of power and authority. That is why the hizb has no choice in the way to establish the state rather it is forced to take a defined method. And it is bound by this method because this is the Shari Rule, and it is a method and not a style (usloob), that is why it decided to follow the method of seeking the power (talab an nusrah) and it issued a bulletin (nashra) in the beginning of 1961 and distributed it among the masul’s (responsible) and commanded them to work on it and it started attempting to seek power (talab an nusrah)
And the party was well aware since that time that the prophet (saw) failed in seeking nusrah (talab an nusrah) 8 times, and he continued in this from the 8th year of prophet hood till the 12th year of prophethood as mentioned in one of the narrations and till the 14th year in another of the narrations, so the hizb may fail 10’s of times, and it may need more time than the prophet (saw) , and that is why It felt that it might fail, and that the matter may become longer with it,  so it proceeded to seek power (talab an nusrah) on this basis and it made several attempts of seeking power in Syria and Iraq particularly. And it was aware that the seeking of power (talab an nusrah) was for the establishment of the Islamic state and not for taking power alone, and that is why it was seeking power (talab an nusrah) from those who could help it establish the state so it sought power form the actual ruler i.e. from the one who actually had the power or the one who could control the rule or the ruler, or the one who could bring the actual ruler or bringing the one who could dominate over the ruler. And It consistently kept on this from the beginning of 1961 till the beginning of 1965 and it did not achieve success in any of its attempts and in the end of 1964 until the beginning of 1965 it studied the situation of the society and the situation of the people and the situation of the area as a whole and as a land which is under the influence of the kafir states and it then came to the understanding that the birth of the state was difficult, and the waiting for the birth was increasing the hardship, so it saw that a caesarean section was compulsory for the birth of the state, so it attached to its call the seeking of power (talab an nusrah) from the actual ruler, and the one who could control the ruler , and from the one who could bring the actual  ruler or bringing the one who could dominate over the ruler, it annexed to all of this the seeking of nusrah from those who could practically perform the caesarean section and it proceeded with this in several of the Wilayat and it is continuing to do until now and it will continue to do so until the victory comes from Allah.
But the party was well aware, while seeking the nusrah, that this was not the main work of the party and not one of its objectives, rather it is a method to reach the establishment of the State in reality, and thus it did not make it the work of the party, but rather only part of its actions, and it did not engage its shabab in this work, and it did not engage the party as a whole, but rather engaged only a small number of shabab in each wilayah, no more than the number of fingers on a single hand. Nor did it allocate to this work more than what was necessary for the work, just as the Prophet (saw) did not busy him with seeking nusrah, rather he was busy with carrying the message, and he only engaged Mus’ab bin Umayr and As’ad bin Zurarah. Thus the party remained as it was without anyone sensing that anything had changed, but it remained exactly as it was working with thoughts and carrying out the same actions.
And on top of all that, the reality of the matter is that the establishment of the State is within the ummah and up to the ummah, and receiving power/authority is the completion of this establishment of the State. And as the State is the ummah itself, the party's work is the ummah, and it must continue to work with the ummah, to strengthen it on the thought, and to safeguard the State that it has established within it (the State that has already been established and remains only to be born), so the actions of seeking the nusrah should have no effect whatsoever on the party and its progress, nor upon the thought and its method of delivery…
4. Since the inception of the party, it has restricted all of its actions to the ummah and to delivering its thoughts to the ummah in order to awake her and to enlighten her and to push and motivate her, and to create a public opinion and awareness towards Islam, and this was a movement of struggle that targeted establishing a State. And this progress continued strongly until they sensed a responsiveness between the carriers of the da’wah and the society, and at that point it became sure that it had established the State already, and there remained only the task of taking the power in order to complete this State. At that point it began to seriously work towards taking the authority, as it sensed the difficulty in giving birth to this State, so it added to the action of seeking nusrah from the known sources of surah the action of seeking it from those who can facilitate carrying out the Caesarean section, as the State had been established and what remained was only its birth.
5. The hizb wants four matters, it wants to revive the ummah, and to establish the state and to build the society and to carry the message, and it works for these matters as a single matter, and it considers them as a single one, so the taking of power does not busy it rather these four matters keep it busy: reviving the ummah, establishing the state, building the society and carrying the message, and it is aware that the strength would be in establishing a rule based on a thought, i.e. establishing the rule on the Islamic belief, so the rule that is not established on any thought will not revive the ummah, so the condition in revival is that the rule should be based on a thought , and not that the leadership should be taken by a person of thought. This is the reason why the hizb is aware that it wants to establish the state on the Islamic thought, and it is aware that if it established on that then it would be able to fulfil the 4 matters: so the actual aim is clear for the party and it works with vision and guidance. And what it has defined clearly from its aim is : Carrying the Islamic call, and initiation of the Islamic way of life cannot be except by these four matters: revival of the ummah, and the establishment of the state, building the society and carrying the message and that is why it is certain that it has achieved full success, and confident about the victory from Allah (swt).
11th Zul Hajj 1391 Hijri
27th January1972 



بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
1-إن الحزب لم يقل في يوم من الأيام إن غايته هي استلام الحكم، ولن يقول ذلك قط. فغاية الحزب محددة في قانونه الإداري تحديداً تاماً، وهي: حمل الدعوة الإسلامية واستئناف الحياة الإسلامية. ولذلك فإن كل من يظن مجرد ظن أن غاية الحزب هي استلام الحكم هو مخطئ كل الخطأ، سواء أكان من داخل الحزب أم من خارجه. هذه حقيقة، ويجب أن تكون لدينا ولدى الناس من البديهيات. نعم إن طريق الحزب في تحقيق غايته هي الحكم، إلا أنه لا يقبل الحكم المجزأ، ولا يأخذ الحكم إلا كاملاً دفعة واحدة، ولا يقوم بالتطبيق إلا انقلابياً. لكن ليس معنى كون الحكم طريق لتحقيق الغاية هو أنه غاية، بل هو طريقة ولا يصح أن يزيد عن كونه طريقة شعرة واحدة ولا بحال من الأحوال.
2-إن الحزب يريد إقامة الدولة الإسلامية وليس أخذ الحكم فقط، فإذا لم يتأكد أنه حين يأخذ الحكم يقيم الدولة الإسلامية فإنه لا يأخذ الحكم ولا يقبله. وقد حدد كيفية إقامة الدولة الإسلامية في كتبه تحديداً واضحاً، وملموساً لمس اليد، مما لا يدع أي مجال للتفسير أو التأويل. وهناك بحث خاص في الموضوع مسجل في كتب الحزب عنوانه "كيف تقوم الدولة الإسلامية"، وهذا البحث معروف ومشهور، فلم تعد هناك حاجة للتفكير في موضوع الحكم وفي كيفية إقامة الدولة ، فإنه أمر مفروغ منه ومحدد، والسير يجب أن يكون بحسبه، والانتظار أو عدم الانتظار، وطول الوقت أو قصره لا دخل له به. فالموضوع هو كيفية معينة يجب التقيد بها.
يقول الحزب في كتبه ما نصه: [ولهذا كان لزاماً علينا أن نتخذ حمل الدعوة الإسلامية والعمل لاستئناف الحياة الإسلامية طريقة لإقامة الدولة الإسلامية. وكان لزاماً علينا أن نتخذ كافة البلاد الإسلامية مجتمعاً واحداً وهدفاً للدعوة، إلا أنه يجب أن نحصر مجال العمل في إقليم أو أقاليم، نقوم فيها بتثقيف الناس بالإسلام، حتى يحيى فيهم، ويحيوا من أجله ونقوم فيها بإيجاد الوعي العام به، والرأي العام له حتى يحصل التجاوب بين حملة الدعوة والمجتمع تجاوباً منتجاً، فعالاً، مؤثراً في تحويل الدعوة إلى تفاعل وإنتاج. هذا التفاعل حركة كفاح تستهدف إيجاد الدولة الإسلامية المنبثقة عن الأمة في هذا الإقليم أو تلك الأقاليم. وحينئذ تكون الدعوة قد سارت من فكرة في الذهن إلى وجود في المجتمع، ومن حركة شعبية إلى دولة].
هذا هو نص الكيفية، وهو نص واضح وقد سار عليه الحزب وتقيد به، ولم يحد عنه شعرة واحدة، ولذلك فإن الحزب يهمه الناس، يهمه المجتمع، يهمه إيصال الفكرة للناس، وهو يقول بكل صراحة: إن المهم هو الأمة. فالحزب يستهدف الأمة، ولا يعنى بعدد شبابه، ولا يهمه كثرتهم أو قلتهم، وإنما يهمه الأمة، وهذا صريح واضح في كتب الحزب وفي سلوكه وأعماله وتصرفاته، فعمل الحزب هو الأمة، وشغله الشاغل هو الأمة، وما جاء في كتبه ولا سيما كتابي "التكتل" و"المفاهيم" يغني عن كل شرح، وما هو ظاهر في إجراءات الحزب وأعماله يبصره كل الناس حتى العميان.
3-إن الحزب حين أخذ يعمل لإقامة الدولة الإسلامية كان حاصراً عمله في الناس، ولا يزال حاصراً عمله في الناس، وكان يعمل في المجتمع والناس، ولا يزال يعمل في المجتمع والناس، ولم يكن يعمل لأخذ الحكم ولا في أي عمل مهما قل، ولا يزال لا يعمل لأخذ الحكم ولا في أي عمل مهما قل، وإنما صار يضم إلى أعماله طلب النصرة من أهل القوة والنجدة.
حين كان شباب الحزب يسألون، في أوائل العقد الأول من سيره عن كيفية أخذ الحكم كان الحزب يجيبهم بكل صراحة: إن هذا أسلوب يقرره نوع العمل، وحين يحصل التجاوب من الأمة ينظر حينئذ في العمل ويقرر الأسلوب الذي يقرره نوع ذلك العمل، في ذلك الوقت، فقد يكون القيام بعصيان مدني، وقد يكون القيام بمظاهرة كاسحة، وقد يكون القيام بثورة عارمة، وقد يكون القيام بانقلاب عسكري، وقد يكون بغير ذلك، وقد أصدر نشرة في هذا الشأن وزعها على شبابه في ذلك الوقت وذلك في أواسط الخمسينات، إلا ان الحزب بعد أن دخل دور التفاعل سنة 1960م وكان ما كان من تجمد المجتمع، ومن ازدياد الاضطهاد الوحشي، أعاد النظر في دراسة السيرة النبوية ليلتمس طريقة توضح عمليا وواقعيا الوصول إلى إقامة الدولة فعلا. واهتدى بعد الدراسة والفكر والبحث إلى أنه وإن كان أخذ الحكم أسلوباً، ولكن إقامة الدولة من حيث هي طريقة وليست أسلوبا، واهتدى إلى أن الطريقة العملية الواقعية للوصول إلى إقامة الدولة فعلا هي طلب النصرة، فإن الرسول e بعد أن تجمد المجتمع أمامه في مكة، وازداد الاضطهاد الوحشي عليه وعلى أصحابه، أخذ يضم إلى حمل الدعوة طلب النصرة، فصار يطلب النصرة من أهل القوة والنجدة. لذلك فإن الحزب غير مخير في كيفية إقامة الدولة بل هو مجبور على أن يسلك طريقا معينا، وهو مقيد بهذا الطريق لأنها حكم شرعي، وهي طريقة وليست أسلوبا، لذلك قرر أن يتبع طريق طلب النصرة وأصدر نشرة في أوائل 1961م ووزعها على المسؤولين وأمرهم بالعمل بها وصار يحاول طلب النصرة.
وقد أدرك الحزب منذ ذلك الوقت أن الرسول e قد أخفق في طلب النصرة ثماني مرات، ومكث من السنة الثامنة للبعثة حتى السنة الثانية عشرة على رواية، وحتى السنة الرابعة عشرة على رواية أخرى، فإن الحزب قد يخفق عشرات المرات، وقد يحتاج إلى أكثر من المدة التي أثمرت مع الرسول، ولذلك رأى أنه قد يخفق، وأن الأمر قد يطول معه، وسار في طلب النصرة على هذا الأساس فقام بمحاولات عدة في طلب النصرة في العراق وسورية ولا سيما في العراق، وكان يدرك أن طلب النصرة إنما هو لإقامة الدولة الإسلامية، وليس لأخذ الحكم فقط، ولذلك كان يطلب النصرة ممن يستطيع أن يجعله يقيم الدولة فكان يطلب النصرة من الحاكم الفعلي، أي من الذي بيده الحكم فعلا أو ممن يستطيع السيطرة على الحكم أو على الحاكم، أو ممن يمكنه جلب الحاكم الفعلي أو جلب من يستطيع السيطرة على الحكم. ودأب على ذلك منذ أوائل سنة 1961م حتى أوائل سنة 1965م ولم ينجح في أية محاولة من المحاولات. وفي أواخر سنة 1964م حتى أوائل سنة 1965م درس وضع المجتمع ووضع الناس ووضع المنطقة برمتها بوصفها منطقة تحت نفوذ الدول الكافرة وحينئذ رأى أن ولادة الدولة متعسر، وأن الانتظار يزيد الولادة عسراً، فرأى أن لا بد من القيام بعملية قيصرية لولادة الدولة، فضم إلى طلب النصرة من الحاكم الفعلي وممن يستطيع السيطرة على الحكم وممن يمكنه جلب الحاكم الفعلي وجلب من يستطيع السيطرة على الحكم، ضم إلى هذا كله طلب النصرة ممن يمكنهم القيام بالعملية القيصرية، وسار على ذلك في عدة ولايات وهو لا يزال سائراً عليه حتى الآن، وسيظل سائراً عليه حتى يأتي نصر الله.
إلا أن الحزب كان مدركاً وهو يطلب النصرة، أنها ليست عمل الحزب ولا غاية من غاياته وإنما هي طريقة للوصول إلى إقامة الدولة فعلا، لذلك لم يجعلها عمل الحزب، بل جعلها من بعض أعماله، ولم يشغل شبابه بها، ولا الحزب ككل، وإنما أشغل فيها عدداً من شبابه في كل ولاية لا يزيد عن عدد أصابع اليد الواحدة، ولم يجعل لها في أعمال الحزب إلا ما يقتضيه العمل، فإن الرسول عليه السلام لم يكن مشغولاً بطلب النصرة، وإنما كان مشغولا بالدعوة، ولم يشغل في طلب النصرة سوى مصعب بن عمير وأسعد بن زرارة. لذلك ظل الحزب سائراً كما كان دون أن يحس أحد أنه قد طرأ عليه أي شيء جديد. بل ظل الحال كما كان، الاشتغال بالأفكار والقيام بنفس الأعمال.
وفوق هذا فإن واقع الأمر هو أن إقامة الدولة إنما هي في الأمة، وتسلم الحكم إنما هو استكمال لإقامة الدولة، وبما أن الدولة هي الأمة فإن الحزب عمله هو الأمة، فيجب أن يظل يشتغل في الأمة، لتقويتها بالفكرة، وللمحافظة على الدولة التي أقامها فيها، ولذلك يجب أن يظل عمله هو الأمة، أي يجب أن يظل عمله كما هو بلا فرق: ألا وهو العيش بين الأمة وفي الأمة وإعطاء الأفكار للأمة، والسير تصاعديا في هذه الأمة الكريمة. وفوق هذا وذاك فإن الحزب قبْل الحكم وإن الفكرة قبل الدولة، فلا يصح أن يكون لطلب النصرة أي أثر على الحزب وعلى سيره، ولا على الفكرة وإعطائها، بل يجب أن يبقى الحزب قوياً وسائراً بقوة وأن تظل الفكرة في الأمة قوية سائرة تصاعدياً فيها.
4-إن الحزب منذ أن قام، حصر كل أعماله في الأمة وإيصال الأفكار لها في إيقاظها وتنويرها ودفعها، في إيجاد الوعي العام بالإسلام وإيجاد الرأي العام له، ودأب على ذلك، وكان حركة كفاح تستهدف إيجاد الدولة، وظل على ذلك سائراً بكل قوة إلى أن لمسَ لمْس اليد التجاوب بين حملة الدعوة والمجتمع، وحينئذ أيقن أنه قد أقام الدولة فعلاً، ولم يبق أمامه إلا أخذ الحكم لاستكمال الدولة، وحينئذ صار يعمل جاداً لأخذ الحكم، لأنه حينئذ لمس عسر الولادة فضم إلى طلب النصرة من أهل النصرة المعروفين، طلبها ممن يمكنهم القيام بالعملية القيصرية، إذ أن الدولة قد قامت فلم تبق إلا ولادتها.
5-إن الحزب يريد أربعة أمور، يريد إنهاض الأمة، وإقامة الدولة، وبناء المجتمع، وحمل الرسالة، وهو يعمل لهذه الأمور كأمر واحد، ويعتبرها شيئاً واحداً، فهو لا يشغله أخذ الحكم وإنما تشغله هذه الأمور الأربعة معاً: إنهاض أمة، وإقامة دولة، وبناء مجتمع، وحمل رسالة، وهو يدرك أن قوام ذلك إنما هو إقامة الحكم على الفكرة، أي إقامة الحكم على العقيدة الإسلامية، فالحكم الذي لا يقوم على فكرة لا ينهض أية أمة، فشرط النهضة أن يقوم الحكم على فكرة، لا أن يأخذ الحكم صاحب الفكرة. ولذلك فإن الحزب يدرك أنه يريد أن يقيم الحكم على الفكرة الإسلامية، ويدرك أنه إذا أقامه على ذلك فإنه حينئذ يحقق الأمور الأربعة. فالهدف الحقيقي واضح للحزب كل الوضوح وهو يعمل على بصيرة وعلى هدى. وما حدده من غايته تحديداً تاماً وهو: حمل الدعوة الإسلامية، واستئناف الحياة الإسلامية لا يتحقق إلا بهذه الأمور الأربعة: إنهاض أمة، وإقامة دولة، وبناء مجتمع، وحمل رسالة، ولذلك فإنه على يقين بأنه قد نجح كل النجاح، وعلى ثقة بنصر الله.
11 من ذي الحجة 1391هـ  ـ 27/1/1972م

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Anonymous said…
"After studying, thinking and research it arrived to the fact that taking power was from the styles (usloob), as for the establishment of the state is the method (tareeqah) and not a style (usloob), and it also arrived to the practical realistic method to reach to the establishment of the state actually is through seeking power (talab an nusrah)." This leaflet says seizing power is from styles and then it says method of taking power is Nusrah.I think here the contradiction appears.So please clarify that seizing power is from styles or method? If it is from styles then nusrah is not obligatory rather it can be used as a style after completing interaction stage.
Islamic Revival said…
It's saying that initially they thought it was a style but later on after scrutinisation they realised that it was part of the method and adopted it as such.
Islamic Revival said…
No - today it would not be a violation of the method as popular uprising if successful would mean that the people of authority give their consent at a certain point i.e. the nussrah would be achieved. The armies in the Muslim world comprise of different people at different levels, although difficult it is possible to win people from amongst them. Who would have thought that Umar bin al-Khattab, the one who wanted to kill the Prophet would become al-farooq, the distinguisher between truth & falsehood who gave a great support to the deen.
Islamic Revival said…
To understand the matter of where the authority lies in more detail, see: http://islamicsystem.blogspot.com/2011/04/q-where-does-power-lie-and-how-can-we.html
Bilal said…
Aoa, iam sorry for asking a question not realted with this topic.
Can you please provide me reference of this hadith quoted in "Dawah to Islam"

“The Imaam is a Shepherd and (only) he is responsible for the
citizens.” [Agreed upon].
Islamic Revival said…
The terminology 'mutafiq alayh' meaning agreed upon - means that the hadith is agreed by the two Sheikhs of Hadith, Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim and included in their Sahih collections.
Bilal said…
That I know akhi. I wanted reference though.
Jazak Allah
Anonymous said…
This book (takatul) speaks about groups which were established upon oranisational basis or nominal party basis, what exactly does that mean? and can you give examples from the reality to show such groups and why they failed

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