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viii. Table of Contents. ISTIGHFAR IS A SPIRITUAL EXERCISE. . . GATES OF GOD'S GRACE ARE NEVER CLOSED. . . . . . SALVATION COMES FROM GOD'S GRACE. . . . . . 245 . 246 248. SALVATION. . . . THE TRUE MEANING OF SALVATION. . . . . . . . . THE CAUSE OF SPIRITUAL DECLINE. . . . . . . . . . FAITH WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ENOUGH FOR. SALVATION. . . . 249 249 251 _ . 254. WHY SINS ARE COMMITTED AND HOW THEY CAN BE AVOIDED. 256. TRUE SALVATION IS BESTOWED IN THIS VERY WORLD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259. LOVE OF GOD LEADS TO SALVATION 260. HOW TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264. FACULTIES FOR SEEING GOD CAN BE DEVELOPED IN THIS VERY. WORLD. . . . . . . . 269. WHO DESERVES SALVATION?. . . . . . . 271. PROPHETS ARE MIRRORS OF GOD'S COUNTENANCE . . 272. THE VEDAS REPRESENT GOD AS VENGEFUL . . 272. CHRISTIAN CONCEPT OF SALVATION IS CONTRARY TO JUSTICE. AND MERCY. . . . . _ 275. SALVATION IS ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH GRACE 277. REPENTANCE, ISTIGHFAR, AND INTERCESSION AS MEANS OF. SALVATION. . . . . . . 279. THE CURSE OF SIN CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED. . . . . . . . 281. NO CONTRADICTION BETWEEN DIVINE JUSTICE AND MERCY. . . . 282. DEATH IS NOT THE FRUIT OF SIN . . 283. WAS JESUS FREE FROM INHERITED SIN? . . . . . 284. DID CRUCIFIXION SAVE CHRISTIANS FROM SIN?. 286. BELIEF IN KALIMAH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289. THE PILLARS OF ISLĀM . . . 293 ŞALĀT LEADS TO GOD. . . . . . 295. WHAT IS SALĀT?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 297. SALĀT STRENGTHS A BELIEVER'S SPIRITUAL FACULTIES. . . . . . . . . . . 300 ŞALĀT SHOULD BE OFFERED IN THE MOST BEFITTING MANNER 303. SUPPLICATION DURING ȘALĀT. 303. RECITATION OF AL-FATIHAH IN SALĀT . 304 ŞALAT TO BE OFFERED IN ARABIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304. SUPPLICATIONS MAY BE OFFERED IN ONE'S OWN VERNACULAR 305. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FIVE DAILY PRAYERS. . . . . 306