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coming bankrupt. The Hadees says that if somebody removes a thorn from the way, he will get his reward for doing so; if a man is drawing water and he puts one bucket of water in the pitcher of another person, his reward will not be lost to him. You should remember that the path on which a man can never be a failure is the path of God. The Highway of the world is such that one stumbles at every step and at every step he finds the huge stones of failure. The people who abandoned their kingdoms were no fools: Abraham Adham, Shah Shuja, Shah Abdul Aziz, who is known as Mujaddid, were some of the people who abandoned their kingdom and bade good-bye to their pomp and show. They did so because they realised that there was a stumbling block at every step. God is a pearl. Having known Him one looks at the worldly things with hate and takes them as mean. So much so that he does not like to. cast a glance over them. You should seek the recognition and full realisation of God and you should march towards Him, for therein, and therein alone, lies Success. (Malfoozat Vol. I, p. 139) SUCCESS OF BELIEVER You must always keep this principle in view that the success that is achieved by a Believer makes him shy of it. He praises God for this Grace of His. That makes him move forward in the realm of spirituality and in the face of every trial he remains steadfast. Apparently the success of a Believer and that of a Dis- believer are similar to each other. But you should remember that the success of a Dis-believer takes him onto the path of error while the success of a Believer opens the door of God's Bliss for him. The reason why the success of the Dis-believer 19