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place where the light is, he will find the lost light. It is just as we can get the light in the room when we open its windows. In the spiritual realm as well, it is coming back to the light that can provide real comfort and guards against the painful experi- ence of drifting away from the Centre. This is what is called Tauba (repentance) and this very darkness that is produced in this process is called the darkness of the Hell. Coming back to the original centre gives the comfort which is interpreted to mean paradise. (Malfoozat Vol. III, p. 26) THE PARADISE WITHIN The fountain head of the pleasure of Paradise are the actions of man himself. If he does not deviate from the religion that c0nforms with the true nature of man, if he does not move away from the centre of moderation and he is being enriched by the light of his worship of Godhead, then he is like a limb of the body which has not been displaced and is continuously working for the body of the man the way God has set it to work, and the man is not feeling pain because of it. God the Almighty says in the Holy Quran: Wa bash-shi-rillazina amanoo Wa amilus-salihati anna lah1etm Jannaatin tajri min tahtihal anhaar i. e. give glad tidings to the people who have believed and are doing appropriate deeds that they will abide in the gardens underneath which the rivers flow. In this verse God has likened the faith to a garden and the appropriate deeds to the rivers. Just as no garden can thrive without water and none can bring forth fruit. s, likewise 124