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Footnote Number Eleven 91 even know the word ‘reason’ nor is aware of what ‘argument’ is—is questioned whether God exists or not, he would consider the ques- tioner to be absolutely stupid. He would be found to have such a strong faith in the existence of God that if all of the followers of mere reason were placed on one side of a scale and he on the other, his certainty of faith would weigh much heavier. And the irony is that, unlike the rationalists and philosophers, he is not aware of any argument; indeed, he is absolutely unaware of what it is that is called ‘argument’, ‘proof ’, or ‘clinching of the argument’, or ‘deductive reasoning’. In short, it is by virtue of these blessings that the Brahm u Sam a jists, despite adopting egregious errors, have so far managed to maintain some semblance of belief in the existence of God. The immense public- ity of the existence of God has also restrained their thoughts from wan- dering aimlessly. In conclusion, although someone may not be grateful for divine revelation out of the depravity of their nature, the reality is that its powerful hand and mighty arm enable the vessel of certainty and truthfulness to sail; indeed, it is the very captain in the ocean of divine cognition. If the atheists have remained deprived of the effects of its blessing, it is not its fault. Rather, the atheists are themselves like a person who is inherently blind or deaf, or are like a limb that has become putrefied and leprous. Here it should be borne in mind that those who believe in reason alone are as defective and deficient in action, faithfulness, and sincerity of conduct, as they are deficient in knowledge, enlightenment, and cer- tainty. Their group has not produced any such exemplars from whom it can be proven that they are faithful and elect servants of God like millions of holy ones whose blessings were so manifested in the world that through the preaching, admonition, prayer, attention, and inter- acting fellowship of each one, hundreds of people became pure of con- duct and men of God, and completely turned to their Lord so as to pay no attention to the world and its contents. They severed themselves altogether from the delights, comforts, joys, renown, pride, properties, and kingdoms of this world, and followed that path of righteousness