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are born, and was eating and drinking and going to toilet) was God. It is quite possible that someone may like him and love him but human intellect does not permit that such a weak person should be taken as God, or that the gods are also born to women. Wlien the very first step is not on the right ljnes, how can the second step be. The rays of Light that fall on the heart by believing in a Living God and a God who possesses ail the good attributes, cannot fall on the heart by believing in a person who is mortal, weak and helpless. Attalibo la mazhaba lahoo: the one who seeks after truth has no personal inclinations of his. Such a person has to do away with all sorts of prejudices and inclinations (in the form of beliefs). It is only after he has done so that he should start seeking after the true beliefs; then and then alone he can expect satisfactory results. And the aim of his pursuit should be the recognition of God ~ that should be his first step. tntimately, that also will become his last step (i. e. he will have recognised Him). It is not good to be hasty, for, haste becomes the cause of deprivation for the unfortunate person who indulges in haste. If you stay here with me for a short time and having left, you begin to say that you did not get anything by being with me, it will do no harm to me. Th. :re are a lot of people who tak in this vein but they are the people who have been deprived (of good) and they are very unfortunate. (Malfoozat Vol. II, p. 233-234) SIGN!FICANCE OF RELIGION What is Mazhab (religion)? Mazha? is the way a man adopts to walk on it (or do things according to it). Everybody mnst have a mazhab. Even the person who does not believe_ 100