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! 87 even imagine. ’ 54 and took care of him in such a manner that his needs were fulfilled as well as his pledge. And he writes that this filled his heart with praise of His Lord, who is true of His pro mises. But one should remember that no matter how much our hearts are filled with the praise of our Lord, we can never fulfill the right of His praise. Hence, we should always keep our heart filled with the praise of Allah because Allah has mentioned that if we are grateful to Him, he will increase us manifolds. So, our praise can never reach the extent of God’s blessings and rewards. Allah increases the faith of those who praise Him and put their trust in Him. ” “ The same person writes that when the Secret ary Tehrik - e - Jadid approached him and mentioned that he has pledged so much, and how would he pay this amount? He says that, ‘I told him that if you are so worried, don’t you think that my God for whose pleasure, and according to whose commandments I have made this pledge will be even more worried for me?” Hence, this resolve and this trust [in Allah] is in the Ahmadis because they have done the Bai’at [oath of obedience] of the Imam [leader] of the age, and coming under his obedience they have attained an understanding and comprehension of the attributes of Allah. They are increasing in their faith in Allah. ” “ They are sure of His promises. They are sure of the fact that Allah is true of His promises. They have firm faith on the fact that sacrifices made wi th purely for the sake of Allah never go in vain. They have firm faith that Allah gives full reward for any good deed done solely for His pleasure. They also have !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 54 The Holy Quran, 65:4