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Proceedings—Debate 26 May 1893 91 their desires, which is the soul of life, is certainly not found in them. In fact, the true and real salvation is that salvation, the reality of which becomes palpable to its recipient in this very world, and that happens this way that the recipient of such salvation is granted the ability by Allah Almighty to devote his entire being in the way of God Almighty. In such a way that his death, and living, and all his actions become for God Almighty, and he should become completely separated from his nafs [self ], and his desires become the desires of God Almighty. And then this should not just remain simply a resolve in his heart, but all his limbs, and all his powers, and his intellect, and thinking, and all his abilities begin to be spent in this very path. Then will it be said regard- ing him that he is a mo h sin, a beneficent one; in other words, he has truly discharged what was due by way of service and obedience insofar as was humanly possible. So such a person is the one who attains salva- tion. Just as Allah states at another place: اَل َكْيِرَش ٗهَل َو َكِلٰذِب ُتْرِمُا َو اَنَا ُلَّوَا ْلُق َّنِا ْيِتاَلَص َو ْيِكُسُن َو َياَيْحَم َو ْيِتاَمَم ِهّٰلِل ِّبَر َنْيِمَلٰعْلا۰۰ 1 (Pt. 8, S u rah al-An‘ a m, Ruk u ‘ 7)— َنْيِمِلْسُمْلا۰۰ Say, ‘My prayer and my devotions and my life and my death are all for that Allah who is the Lord of the worlds, who has no partner, and it was this status that I was commanded to attain, and I am the first of those who submit. ’ Then, after this, Allah, the Lord of Glory , writes down the signs of such salvation in His Holy Book, because even though what He has already said serves to set apart a person who has truly achieved sal- vation; yet, because worldly eyes cannot see this inner salvation and link with Allah, and the matter of one who is connected to God and another who is not, remains obscure to the worldly, so Allah informed us of those signs. Now, there is no group of people in the world, who consider 1. S u rah al-An‘ a m, 6:163–164 [Publisher]