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to the extent that it becomes a curtain between himself and God the Almighty. It is for this reason that wealth and child- ren are said to be a trial. They also prepare a Hell for the man and when he is removed away from them, he is very much perturbed and that is how; Narullahil Mooqadatullati tatta-lio alal af-ida "The fire lighted by God that will appear in the hearts manifests itself. The fire that burns away the heart of the man as roasted meat and makes it darker than the burnt charcoal is nothing but the love of some one other than God Ahnighty. (Malfoozat Vol. II, p. 101) HOW TO PREACH There is no doubt about it that the people who can tell the truth are few-so few that it can be said literally that they do not exist. Usually the preachers preach (the word of God) to obtain something from the people. And when the Objective of preaching is so mixed up then Truthfulness and Divine attachment are covered under the darkness of the worldly objective, and the pleasantness that could have been produced by the sweet smell of the word of God is pressed down by stinking smell of worldliness. There and then the people begin to say that the preacher is doing (or saying) all these things for his personal worldly gains. There is no doubt about it that most of the preachers are after their worldly gains, but everyone is not like that. There Me people with very pure hearts and they tell others 72