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that a great Sign of the Mercy should be shown to the world. God says: Wa ma arsalnaaka ilia Rahmatallil-aalamin We have not sent you but as a Mercy for the worlds. The aim of the revelation of the Holy Quran is stated in the words: Hudallil-Muttaqeen (Guidance for the God-fearing people). These aims are so good that nothing like them can be found anywhere. God ha8 willed it that all the excellences that various prophets had severally, be combined together in the person of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam. Likewise all the eternal truths that were to be found in all the scriptures be collected in the Holy Quran. Also the good points that the followers of other prophets had individually should be given collectively to the followers of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam. It is the will of God that we should inherit all these excellences. Here, this also should be kept in mind that just as :the excellences that He wants us to inherit are great so also He has granted us talents, for, if He had not given us such talents we would not have been able to inculcate these exce- llences in our persons. (Malfoozat Vol. I, p. 326) THE LOSS OF FAITH The Wali-ullah ·are the people whom God the Almighty has got closer to Himself; the word Wali means 'the one who 31