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330 Thus, the power of remembrance of Allah puts great force in what one says. Look, it was the very same Qur’an, but the Muslims could not take any advantage of it because they did not have true faith in their hearts. The same Qur’an, however, when in the hands of the Promised Messiah as , reduced the enemies of Islam to nothing and all around one sees the opponents in a state of ruin and destruction. This came to pass only because the Promised Messiah as possessed the power of remembrance of Allah. The arguments concerning the death of Jesus as that the Promised Messiah as has presented, you may add twenty or thirty or even one hundred more arguments to them, but all those arguments and the way they would be presented will have no effect if the Missionaries are devoid of remembrance of Allah. Effectiveness is not created by the use of speech, rather it comes with the sentiments of the heart. Mere verbal expressions achieve nothing. There is no doubt that God has granted intelligence to man and he only accepts what is reasonable. However, mere reason does not create effect, unless love and sincerity are incorporated. Reasoning will have an effect on others only with the addition of love and sincerity. Without sincerity and love it will have no effect at all. That is why the Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said that faith and sincerity are one and the same. Unless there is sincerity, there is no faith; and when sincerity is absent, faith is also erased. ” (Al Fazl, October 6, 1942)