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Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 46 prejudice and fondness for misguidance, the inner con dition of such people undergoes a degeneration. They are not bothered by how one can develop a certain belief in God, or the attributes that a True God ought to possess; a God in whom a person can hold firm faith; or the cir cumstances which can bring about complete assurance about the existence of God Almighty; or the signs of certainty that serve as the distinct hallmarks of those who are blessed with perfect faith. It ought to be kept in mind that even if a certain religion possesses an aspect of rationality, and an apparent decency and culture, this is not enough to claim that such a religion leads a person to the station of certainty with respect to the existence of God Almighty and His attributes. On the contrary, all the religions of the world are utterly vain and useless, absurd, lifeless and dead until they take a seeker to the pure fountain of certainty. Alas! Most people do not understand what it means to believe in God’s existence and being, in His majesty and power and in His beautiful attributes. On the contrary, if someone were to tell them out of sympathy for their regrettable state that they are deprived of the pure foun tain of certainty, and therefore, devoid also of true purity which is attained after certainty, they become enraged at this and vehemently proclaim: “Do we not have faith