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experiences everyday and his nature is also a supportive proof for this face. Unless a man is perfectly certain about the Existence of God, he cannot hate sin and unless he beleives that God is the one who punishes, he cannot shun evil. We know it quite well that the things of which we know to be useful, we run to them to obtain them and the things that we know to be harmful and dangerous for us and which according to us are poisonous, we run away from them. As for an example, if we know that there is a snake in the bush, can any one of us dare go near it and put his hand ill. to the branches of that bush? Noi at all. Rather, even if we have a hazy idea of there being a snake in a hole we will certainly hestitate to go to that side. Same is the case with the poisons. When we know of a poison that it kills the man, we keep ourselves away from it. If there is an epidemic of bubonic plague in a residential area, we run away from it and think that going there is no less than jumping into a burning oven. What is it that has made us frightened that we do not go for these things? It is our certainty that these things are dangerous and have fatalistic effects. We can quote countless examples of this kind and all these things are a matter of our daily experience. (Malfoozat Vol. III, 12) RECIPIENTS OF MERCY I should like to assure you that the obedient and the truthful people are the recipients of the Mercy of God. These are the people who go into the presence of God with a present of purity and they stay away from mischief and evil deeds because they know that these things keep the man away from God and become the cause of deprivation. These are the people who are washed with the water of a pure spring, and such as are washed at this spring never become unclean. and impure and they are made to drink a beverage with the 120