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251 Malfuzat – Volume IV of exposition, those people who possess the faculty of goodness within, are able to recognise the person who speaks with the power and strength of God, filled with the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is a magnificent favour of God Almighty upon you that He conferred this faculty upon you and gave you eyes with which to recognise the truth. If He had not blessed you in this manner, just as others are covered in veils and hurl abuse, you too would have been among them. It is the sheer grace of God that has brought you. For example, just look at Miyan Abdul- Haqq. If the grace of God had not come to help him, how could he have departed from his life of luxury, especially when many people advised him and urged him to not visit Qadian. In fact, one of them even swore, despite the fact that cursing is forbidden in their religion, and is against the dictates of civility and decency as well. But the grace of God overcame all of these things, and drew him towards us. The causes that lead to evil simply did not arise before him, otherwise, if he had married among those people, this would have put him in trial. However, God saved him in every way. The grace of God cannot be received through human designs. When God bestows His bounty upon someone, they are saved in every way. Do not think that it is enough that we are Muslims. Islam is a magnificent bounty, so cherish it and be grateful for it. It possesses a philosophy which cannot be truly realised by mere lip service. The True Nature of Islam Islam is but a name for showing subservience in the face of God’s powers, and its essence is sincere and perfect obedience to God. A Muslim is one who places one’s entire being before God Almighty without any expectation of reward. 1 ٌ ُن ِ ْس ُْحْ َم َ ْو َ َوَْجَْھَٗهٗ ِہّٰلِل َوَُھُ ُم َ ُل ْ َس َ ا ْ ُن َمَ In other words, a Muslim is one who dedicates and hands over their entire being to attain the pleasure of God Almighty; one whose only purpose and objective, by way of doctrine and practice, is the pleasure of God Almighty. All of the vir - tues and good deeds that such a one performs do not require effort or cause dif - ficulty, rather induce a sense of pleasure and delight, which transform every form of pain into tranquillity. A true Muslim loves God by proclaiming and believing that He is the Beloved, 1 * al-Baqarah , 2:113 * Al-Hakam , vol. 6, no. 17, dated 10 May 1902, pp. 5-6 p. 511 p. 517