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BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 90 searching for Him? And as soon as this doubt emerges, they will either end up believing in true revelation and thus deliver their selves from the whirlpool of doubts or, if that is not the case, let the ideas evolve, and see for yourself whether or not they become staunch atheists. When the ideas of hundreds of thousands of their very own brothers, who conformed to reason alone, progressed, they died hav- ing become naturalists and atheists. These followers of reason are not unique. They will not escape becoming atheists with the progression of their ideas, nor will they see the crystal palace wherein God dwells! Undoubtedly, whatever consequence befell the earlier ‘intellectuals’ through the advancement of their ideas, the same consequence will someday befall these people as well. The delay is only that they are not yet fully engaged in their pursuit and quest for God. This world still appears dear and sweet to them and they remain obsessed with its gains day and night. They traverse the oceans to reach far off coun- tries for it, and as yet the thought of the realm of the Hereafter has not crossed their minds, nor do they give any thought to the Lord of Sovereignty. However, God-willing, when the days come for them to decide through mere reason that if God exists where is He and why His Being cannot be perceived like all other existing objects, there will be such a decisive moment that it will force them to either believe in the Word of the Subtle Being, or to discard even the hypothetical assertion that created things ought to have a Creator. The second reason which deters the followers of mere reason from hastening to become atheists is the blessing of the revelation of God and the rays of the sun of the Divine Word, which have proclaimed the existence of God throughout the world, and the perpetual rain of which has established hundreds of thousands of God-fearing souls upon a firm belief in the existence of God and has made a profound impact on millions of hearts. Since the loud voices of these solid and timeless testimonies have permeated the hearing faculty of all human beings and those lovely voices have so penetrated every chord of their hearing that even if an ignorant and unlettered man—who does not