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32 of denial. But the truth remains the truth, even if the entire world denies it, and falsehood remains false- hood, even though the whole world endorses it. Those who believe in the existence of God Almighty and consider Him to be the Architect of the universe, and know Him to be the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing and the All-Knowing, would be foolish not to believe that He speaks as well. Can He not speak Who sees and knows, and Whose knowledge encompasses each and every minuscule particle without the aid of any physi- cal means? And, it is also wrong to say that though His attribute of speech was functioning in the past, it no longer does so, as if to say, that His attribute of speech is a thing of the past and is no more. Such a belief produces hopelessness. If some of God’s at- tributes do in fact become redundant after a time, and not even a trace of them is left, then all His other at- tributes also become doubtful. Woe betides such minds and such beliefs! After accepting all the attrib- utes of God Almighty, they get hold of a knife and excise a vital part of these attributes and throw it away. It is a pity that A ryas put a seal on Divine reve- lation after the Vedas, and the Christians did likewise, as if mankind needed eye-witnessed revelation for their personal enlightenment and spiritual knowledge, only until the time of Jesus as , and future generations are so unfortunate as to have been deprived of it per-