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Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 50 every country, there are at least four or five of such people 1 whom people remember to this day with great reverence and narrate their struggles and miracles in astonishing terms. In Delhi, a large [burial] ground is filled with such holy people. In short, one should ponder that if one has heartfelt love for a thief or a robber, the thief may not do him much favour, but at least not steal from him. One should realize that when someone can benefit from loving even robbers and thieves, wouldn't there be any benefit attained from [loving] Allah? There is—and most certainly there is—for God is the Most Gracious and Most Merciful and is the Lord of immense grace and bounties. I do believe that those who are content with the path of transmigratory reincarnations have not even thought about this path. When the fruits of love abound throughout this very world and when no one holds anything back in true and pure love—how could it possibly be that God is the only One whose friendship derives no benefit? Hindu Doctrine of Salvation Those who ascribe repulsive allegations to God deserve blame. For example, Hindus and Aryas do not subscribe to eternal sal- vation. They allege that during the time that someone is admit- ted into Mukti Khanah [the Abode of Salvation, Paradise], Parmeshwar saves one sin and then after a while, he sends those saints, sages, and the ones who have attained salvation back in the guise of donkeys, monkeys, and swine as recompense for 1. From Badr: Even in the land of infidels and idolaters, there is hardly any place which does not have a few graves of such holy men, who were renowned as saints ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 6, dated 9 January 1908).