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Malfuzat - Volume I 185 and hunger are satisfied. But never does it occur that one person's hunger is satis- fied if someone else eats bread on their behalf. If there was any such precedent in the law of nature, then perhaps there might have been room to accept the concept of atonement. However, when no such parallel exists in the law of nature, how can man, who is accustomed to accepting things through the observance of par- allels, give credence to such a concept? There is no such precedent even in man- made laws. We have never witnessed that one person should commit murder and someone else is executed in their stead. Therefore, this concept of atonement is one which has no parallel. Good Deeds and Righteousness I address my community and say that it is good deeds which are needed. Indeed, it is good deeds that are worthy of being presented before God Almighty. God Almighty Himself states: إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ Unto Him ascend good words. peace At the present time, our pens are like the swords of the Messenger of Allah, and blessings of Allah be upon him. However, victory and support is received by those who are righteous. Allah the Exalted has promised the following: كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ This means, it is our responsibility to help the believers. He also states: لَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَفِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ سَبِيلًا Meaning, Allah does not grant the disbelievers a way to prevail against the believ- ers. So remember that your victory is tied to righteousness. The Arabs were noth- ing more than orators, speakers and poets. Yet, when they adopted righteousness, God Almighty sent down his angels to support them. If a person studies history, they will come to know that all of the victories that were attained by the noble companions, may Allah be pleased with all of them, were not the result of human strength or effort. In fact, by the time of Hazrat Uthman, may Allah be pleased 1 Fatir, 35:11 2 ar-Rum, 30:48 an-Nisa, 4:142