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27 December 1906 69 denied by anyone nor can this argument by refuted by anyone. Considering the previous condition of the Arabs and then see- ing this change within them, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, stated, ْ فِی ْ اَصْـحَابِی ْ َهللا َ هللا َ فِی ْ اَصْـحَابِی هللا َ هللا [‘There is only Allah inside my Companions’]. 1 , 2 It is no small feat to raise a nation that was unaware of the name of Allah the Almighty and was far removed from Him, to the state where their vision was devoid of everything other than Allah. Then, there is another most wonderful argument in support of the veracity of the Holy Prophet, the like of which cannot be found in other religions, and that is that the religion brought by him is a living religion. A living religion is that reli- gion in which the signs of its life continue to be evident at all times. Its fruits, blessings, and effects never wither; rather they are found fresh and blooming in every age. Upon seeing a tree that becomes naked during the days of autumn, with no fruit, flower, or leaf of it visible—rather, only dry branches can be seen—no one can say that it is a fruit-bearing tree. 3 But when the season of spring sets in, and autumn ends, the magnificence of the fruit-bearing trees is indeed distinctively unique. Fruits and flowers appear on them. Just as there are periods of autumn and spring in the physi- cal realm, similarly, there are two periods of autumn and spring in the spiritual realm. After the passage of a century, idleness, 1. Sunan Tirmidh i Abw a bul-Man a qib, B a b F i man Sabba A sh aban-Nab i s allall a- hu ‘alaihi wa sallam, Hadith 3862 [Publisher] 2. From Badr : ‘There is only Allah inside my Companions. Their condition had been completely transformed. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 11 , dated 17 January 1907) 3. From Badr : ‘No one can recognize at that time as to which tree from among them is a living, fruit-bearing tree, and which one is dead. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 11 , dated 17 January 1907)