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CONTENTS VOLUME III. PUBLISHER'S NOTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . XI. NATURAL, MORAL AND SPIRITUAL STATES OF MAN. . . . . . . 1. THE THREE HUMAN STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. THE FIRST SOURCE-THE SELF THAT INCITES TO EVIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE SECOND SOURCE: THE SELF-REPROACHING SELF. . 2. THE THIRD SOURCE: THE SOUL AT REST . . . . . . 3. NATURAL AND MORAL STATES OF MAN . . 5. THREE METHODS OF REFORM . 8. KHALQ [CREATION] AND KHULQ [MORALS]. NATURAL STATES BECOME MORAL BY PROPER REGULATION. . . . . . 10 . . 8. TRUE MORALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. MORAL STATE OF MAN . 13. MORAL QUALITIES RELATED TO DISCARDING EVIL. . . . . . 13. MORAL QUALITIES RELATED TO DOING GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . 20. TRUE COURAGE. . . . . . . . . . . 28. PATIENCE . . . . . TRUTHFULNESS. . . 30 . . 33. CHANGE IN MORAL QUALITIES. . . 35. THE REALITY OF LOVE. . . . . . . FAITH, CERTAINTY AND INSIGHT. . . FAITH IN THE UNSEEN TAUGHT BY PROPHETS. . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 43 . 43. FAITH AND CERTAINTY. . . 46. SALVATION DEPENDS ON FAITH . 50. PROGRESSIVE STAGES OF FAITH. . . . . . . . . . . . 52. BLESSINGS OF DIVINE RECOGNITION. . . . 54. THREE CATEGORIES OF THE FAITHFUL. . . 55. THE SOUL AT REST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68. A LOVELY PRAYER . . . . . . . 72. STEADFASTNESS IN FAITH. . . 73. PERSONAL MERIT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. . . . . . 75. STAGES OF SPIRITUAL FULFILMENT . 78. EXCELLENCES OF THE MEN OF GOD. . . . . . . . . . . 93. COMPREHENSION OF THE DIVINE. . . . . . EFFORT AND NATURAL APTITUDE. . THE NEED FOR PROPHETS . 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 . . . 111