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13 October 1905 15 miracles but not in the miracles of a Hindu’s gods found in his ancient books? In historical affairs, all nations present conti- nuity. It is not right to accept one and deny the other. It is not appropriate for a person to believe that his own religion’s sto- ries are correct and all others are false. The quest to find truth through false stories is long and cannot be traversed. Instead, the easier path is to recognize that God is just as Omnipotent now as He was before. He can manifest miracles now just as He could manifest them before. He hears now just as He used to hear before, and He speaks now just as He used to speak before. What is the reason that earlier He had both attributes of hearing and speaking, but now, He has the attribute of hearing but not speaking? Hence, the true seeker is the one who aban- dons all things and bows down to this Immutable, Eternal, and Everlasting God—the God of eternal powers. He should turn his attention to that God who still has those same attributes and qualities that He had in the time of Moses and in the time of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. He still desires the lost to come to Him. He still loves to have someone come into His presence. He alone is true who seeks such a God. The religion that is based only on stories is a dead religion. The true religion is the one in which that God still speaks. He who does not have any prejudice finds Him by simply becom- ing the seeker of the Ever-Living, Self-Subsisting, and All- Sustaining God. God befriends the soul that seeks Him. 1 1. Badr, vol. 1, no. 29, p. 2, dated 20 October 1905