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39 Without this, the heart cannot be purified; Except for this, there is no escape from grief. This is the standard for testing a Faith; the difference Is clear between the Antichrist and the true one. (165) Pray ponder a bit, friends, if you are just, This entire affair is clear at this moment, When they tried to separate it 42 from Nanak, They tried and tried, but remained unsuccessful. It was said: “Move aside, you have lost “This is a bounty from the Hands of the Creator. “It is not possible for man to take it off “The Words of God are displayed upon it. ” He had prayed that, “O Creator, pray show me “Thy path through Thy Own love. ” (170) This Cloak came about as result of his prayer; It was entirely by the Hand of God’s power. On dying, that saint left this very thing; The purpose was to give advice he fulfilled it. To call him dead is an error and mistake; That live-hearted one went and joined the living. That body was lost this sign remains Pray shed some tears after looking at it. Where is love and where is loyalty? Why has The Cloak of loved one become worthless? (175) It is the sign of a faithful lover, That suddenly seeing a letter from the belovèd, He touches it to his eyes, cherishing it; This has been the creed of the lovers forever. But the one who has no love in the heart, He has no desire for such things. Get up, and bring at once a camera And take a clear photograph of this Cloak; For the world is not meant to last Perishing is the end for all, save God. (180) So make an image quickly there is deep concern, But that its photograph may be saved with us. This Cloak that has an inscription by God’s might, This is the guide and this is the saint. Angad himself wrote it quite plainly That it is the Word of God without absurdity. It was written by the Pure Creator Himself, The Living, the Mighty and the Forgiver. What God has written, how can it be in error? That is indeed the pure Word of God. (185)