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1 1 pull that it draws a whole world to itself so that every particle of heaven and earth is pulled towards it. This is the philosophy of the acceptance of prayer. When a person possessing spiritual beauty who is pene- trated by the spirit of Divine love, supplicates for an impossible or very difficult object and carries his suppli- cation to the limit, then on account of his spiritual beauty, every particle of this universe is drawn towards him by the command of God Almighty, and such means are provided as are adequate for his success. Both ex- perience and the Book of God establish that every particle of the world has a natural love for such a person and his prayers draw all particles towards him as a mag- net draws iron, and extraordinary matters come to light on account of this attraction which are not mentioned in physics or in philosophy. Ever since the Creator has fash- ioned the world of bodies from particles, He has invested every particle with that attraction and every particle is a sincere lover of spiritual beauty and so also is every good soul because that beauty is the manifestation of truth. It was that beauty on account of which God commanded the angels: 92 There are many today like Ibl i s who do not recognize that beauty, but that beauty has accomplished great things. The same beauty was in Noah , out of regard for which the Lord of Honour and Glory destroyed all his enemies by the torment of water. Then Moses appeared with the same 92 ‘Submit to Adam’, and they all submitted. But Ibl i s did not. —al- Baqarah, 2:35 [Publisher]