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43 another dead. To worship Jesus is just like to worship an idol. I swear by the one in whose hands is my life that if he ( Jesus) were in my period, he would have had to humbly bear witness to my truth. Whether one accepts this or not, this is indeed the truth and truth has its blessings, as after all, its light illumines the world. (Siraj-e-Munir, Ruhani Khaza’in, volume 12, p. 82) Barakatud-Du‘a 1 I will now, merely for the sake of God, present my own testimony before Sayyid Sahib, hoping that God Almighty will have mercy on him. My dear Sayyid Sahib! I swear in the name of God that revelation from heaven falls upon the heart just as the rays of the sun fall upon a wall. It is my daily experience that whenever the time comes for me to receive Divine converse, I all at once experience a trance-like state and become a wholly different entity. Although, at this stage, I remain in full possession of my senses and am fully concious, yet I feel as if a most Powerful Being has taken my whole being in His grip and all the veins of my existence are in His hand, and whatever is mine is no longer mine but be- longs to Him. (Barakatud Du‘a, Ruhani Khaza’in, Volume 6, p. 22) 1 The Blessings of Prayer.