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of them. There, he would also come to know of the life- giving elixir which is a source of salvation for him. I have been thinking of testing the Jamaat, for some time, by giving them a question paper and I have mentioned this desire of mine many a time, though I have not been able to put it into action. I should like to test the members of the Jamaat to find out how fa_r they have understood what I have been telling them and how far they have grasped the aims and objects of my advent and as to what are the objections others raise and how to answer them. If I can find forty people who are enligh- tened and have insight and God-realisation, that will be a very good thing. (Malfoozat Vol. II, p. 257-258) HA VE YOUR FAITH BACK God is my witness-and who else is a better witness than God-that I started studying the Christian literature at the age of sixteen or seventeen; not even for a split moment I have ever been impressed by the objections that they raise (about Islam). This really is the grace of God. The more I study those objections, the more the futility of these writings becomes clear to me and the more the grandeur of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, gets established in my heart, and the more I advance in the love of this noble Prophet. I have pondered over this matter and have come to the conclusion that anything to which they object-be it an act of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, or a verse of the Holy Quran-therein lies a great treasure of Truth and Wisdom. The people with bad nature and impure hearts point accusing fingers to these things. Listen to me! A man cannot be a perfect believer unless by nature he becomes _averse to the objections raised by the