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statements. For instance, his citation of Hakeem Ghulam Jeelani identifies one of the symptoms of melancholia as 'lack of appetite 127 while his quotation of Hakeem Mohammad Azam. Khan suggests 'increased appetite or at least a false feeling of appetite' as a symptom of melancholia. 128 It would be interesting to know how Abdul Hafeez proposes to reconcile these contradictory statements by two of his chosen authorities on the question of the symptoms of one ailment. . The ignorance of these hakims used as an authority is further illustrated by the fact that they consider the liver and stomach to be the reservoir of sexual powers and drive. 129 One therefore need not comment further on the credibility of such eastern experts of human psychology. However, had the author of Two in One studied the life of Hadhrat Ahmadas with such honesty which not only behove a true Muslim but any well bred human being, he would have found that Hadhrat Ahmad's as emotional condition was a 'natural concomitant of the arousal of the need to deal with the prevailing situation with which Islam was confronted. ' Since he was a commissioned apostle of God. Almighty, as such his heart bled at the transgression he witnessed around him in this world. He was also extremely grieved at the state of the Muslim ummah which was under severe attack from all corners and it pained him to witness the foul abuse directed against his beloved master, Hadhrat. Muhammadsa by the enemies of Islam. At one stage in his life, he stated: 'So many books full of vile abuse and defamation of the Holy. Prophets have been printed and published, the perusal of which makes one's body tremble. Our heart is so much in tribulation that if these people were to slaughter our children before our eyes and were to cut to pieces our sincere and beloved friends and were to kill us with great humiliation and 127. Makhzan e Hikmat. vide. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 13 128. Askeer e Azam. vide. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, P. 13 129. Jeelani, Hakeem Dr. Ghulam. Makhzan e Hikmat, vide. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 13 149