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151 perfectly alert and advances far into the field of self-annihilation, tearing aside all veils of heedlessness, lo and behold, he finds before him the Divine threshold, and he perceives that God has no associate. His soul then prostrates itself at the Divine threshold and the power of attraction that is invested in him draws the bounties of God Almighty towards him. It is then that the Glorious God attends to the fulfilment of the desired objective, and casts the effect of the prayer on all the preliminary means, which, in turn, produce the means that are essential for the achievement of the objective. ” 73 The nineteenth objective was that not only the attribute of All-Hearing but the world would also see the manifestations of the attribute of All-Knowing through this umma. Non-acceptance of some of the supplications, or acceptance of some but not in the sense they were made, does not prove that our Glorified and Exalted God is not All-Hearing, or He is not the Possessor of all the faculties and powers. On the contrary, it will prove that He is not only Mighty, Strong and All-Hearing, He is also All-Knowing, and the acceptance of supplications is very closely knit with His attribute of All-Knowing. The Promised Messiah as says in this regard: “One should also remember that humility and anguish alone is not enough for prayer to be accepted, for it also requires righteousness, purity, truthfulness, perfect certainty, perfect love and perfect attention. Moreover, it is also essential that the object prayed for should not be opposed to the