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200 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad which they would like to see happen and say that if they can be made to occur, they will accept, but they do not hold up any conditions for themselves. Alas! It is these very people who represent those described in (And God cared not for the consequences thereof). Remember, only one who is patient attains to a station where their heart is opened. One who does not exhibit patience seeks to rule over God and does not desire to remain under His rule. An insolent and bold person of this nature, who does not fear the glory and greatness of God Almighty, will be deprived and cut asunder. The Company of the Truthful Moreover, it ought to be kept in mind that as far as the essence of patience is con- cerned, it is also necessary to remain in the company of the truthful; as it is said: كُوْنُوْا مَعَ الصَّدِقِينَ Be with the truthful. There are many who reside afar and say that they will come to visit at some point in time, because they are busy at present. Can those who are blessed to be part of a community whose emergence was promised for thirteen hundred years, yet they do not come forth to support it, and who do not come to sit in the company of a man who was promised by God and His Messenger, ever prosper? Absolutely not. ہم خدا خواہی و ہم دنیائے دوں ایں خیال است و محال است و جنوں You seek God as well as this wretched world; this is wishful thinking, rather impossible, nay insanity. Religion encourages one to remain in good company, but if one avoids good com- pany, how can they expect to increase in piety? I have advised my friends many times before, and reiterate again, that they ought to come and stay here time and again, and derive benefit, but very little attention is paid in this regard. People are content to make an oath of allegiance on my hand that they will give precedence to religion over worldly affairs, but realistically, they do not struggle in this cause. 1 ash-Shams, 91:16 at-Tawbah, 9:119