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72 supplicate for the attainment of the higher stage, and when they arrive at that stage they will perceive a still higher third stage ahead of them and they will supplicate for its achievement. Thus their yearning for constant progress is indicated by the expression: Do Thou perfect our light. In short, this chain of progress will continue indefinitely. There will be no falling away. ” 32 The Holy Quran not only claimed as such but has proved it. That is, thousands and millions of holy men of God have appeared in Islam who, procuring light from Islam, acquiring illumination from the love of the Holy Prophet sa , obtaining a spark from the adoration of Allah the Exalted, procured such light that they made infinite achievements in this world. What they will be bestowed on in the hereafter, of which they have been promised, is beyond our imagination. As is recorded in A ha d i th , they are such profound favours that they are beyond human imagination in this world. The fourth meaning of guidance, as I said earlier, is to enjoy good end, that is, attainment of heaven and achievement of the very purpose of life. Allah the Exalted says: ‘It is they who follow the guidance of their Lord and it is they who shall prosper’. 33 That is, those who follow the teachings of the Holy Quran and hold fast to it, and stick to the perfect guidance vouchsafed by the immaculate providence of their Lord, that is, it is they who shall