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them 'God' and thus he thought that that would eradicate polytheism. But the ignorant people did not pay attention to this fact and despite this teaching they took him as the Son of God. The Jews were also tried the same way. They were the people who liked others to be tortured. They asked for Manna and Salwa; and this is the food that produces bubonic plauge. God had destined them to be the victims of bubonic plague and therefore they were made to pass through the required circumstances. I should like to revert to the subject that in order to establish the Oneness of God, it is of utmost importance that one should love God to one's full capacity. And this love cannot be verified unless it reaches its perfection in a practical form; it cannot be proved with lip profession. You know if somebody just. talks of sugar, he ·cannot find the taste of sweetness in his mouth. Or if somebody expresses the feeling of friendship but does not help his friend in times of need, he cannot be called a true friend. Likewise if somebody just talks of the Oneness of God but does not love Him as he should, it cannot be of any avail. What I really mean is that practice is very important along with the precept. That is why it is necessary that you should dedicate your lives in the way of God and this is the real Islam for which I have been sent to the world. Thus he who does not come near this fountain that God has made to flow is very unfortunate. (Malfoozat, Vol. III, p. 188) DO NOT HALT So far as the Religious leader and his follower are concerned, they are like a teacher and a disciple (student). 147