The Criterion for Religions — Page 2
2 Mi'yiirul Madhahib self is no small achievement, this benign Government protects our lives, honour and property with all sin- cerity and to the best of its ability. It is also providing us with the benefits of the freedom for which many a true well-wisher of mankind passed away thirsting be- fore now. Yet another favour of the Government, which is of even greater value, is that it wants to transform wild savages and so-called humans into wise and scholarly people through different disci- plines of education. We find that through sustained efforts on the part of this Government those who al- most lived like animals and beasts have now partaken something of humaneness, knowledge and under- standing. As a result, most minds and hearts are now radiant with such light as is gained from the acquisi- tion of knowledge. It is as if the expansion of information has changed the world all at once. How- ever, just as light can pass through a glass and water cannot, similarly, the light of knowledge has indeed entered hearts and minds but the pure and truth- oriented water of sincerity has not yet entered peo- ple's hearts to nurture the plant of the soul and to yield good fruit. But the Government is not to blame. The fact of the matter is that the conditions which in- spire true spirituality are either extremely rare or completely non-existent. Curiously enough, with the progress of knowledge, cunning and deceit seem to be