The Criterion for Religions — Page 3
3 on the rise and seekers after truth are confronted with overwhelming doubts. Simplicity of faith has all but disappeared and philosophical thinking, which is un- accompanied by religious knowledge, is exerting such a poisonous influence on the newly educated people as to pull them towards atheism. The truth is that it is exceedingly difficult for people to escape this influ- ence without the help of religious knowledge. Therefore, pity be upon the person who has been left to the mercy of such schools and colleges without any knowledge of religious truths and verities. We can of course say that this courageous Government, which is so sympathetic to mankind, has cleansed with its own hands the wasteland of the hearts of our people and cleared them of wild shrubs and bushes, and from all kinds of weeds that had grown thick and tall and had covered up the soil underneath. Naturally the time has now come for the seed of truth to be sown in this soil and to be irrigated by heavenly water. Fortunate in- deed are those who have come so close to this heavenly rain with the help of this blessed Govern- ment. Muslims should look upon the presence of this Government as a gift of God, and genuinely try to obey it so that they become an example for others. Can the reward of goodness be anything but good- ness? Is it not obligatory to repay goodness with goodness? Everyone should reflect over this and dis-