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attentively and these are the people who benefit from the person of the prophets and are the recipients of true virtue and its blessings and fruits. Two, those who not only do not listen to what the prophets say, they even go to the extent of mocking at them and are always scheming and trying to harm them. (Malfoozat Vol. III, p. 142) TRUE ATTRACTION There is no doubt about it that the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, did not possess any wealth nor did he have any other means to attract the people (by sat- isfying their greed). Of course, he had two very important things which are real, true and effectively attractive. It is these things that he presented to the world and it is these very things that pulled the people towards him. These two things were: The Truth and a Power of Attraction. It is these very two things that are given to the prophets. Unless both of these things are there, nobody can be benefited by them nor can one help anyone benefit from them. If the Truth is there but the Attraction is not there, it won't do anything. If the Attra- ction is there but the Truth is not there, that also won't be of any use. There are a lot of people who have the Truth on their lips but their hearts are quite unaware of it. That being the case, they are not effective, for the lack of attraction. What- ever any one of these people says, is not said from the core of the heart and therefore it does not produce the required results. True Attraction and effectiveness come into existence only when the person who talks of the Truth, also sincerely believe in it and acts upon it with the consequence of emitting bright light and good characteristics. Unless a man really and truly believes and acts upon what he says, he cannot make his words effective. Such words as are devoid of faith and 130