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respective towns and this book should be read to all the members. A copy of this book should be sent to someone who is willing to do this work and who has enough of time at his disposal to spare for the reading. He should be told to read it to the gatherings. If this book has to be distributed free of charge, even fifty thousand copies will not be suffi- cient. By reading it at the meetings, it will (its contents) reach everybody and the Jammat will also start moving to- wards unity which I cherish so much. (Malfoozat Vol. III, p. 408) THE REAL HELP It is said that a king was going somewhere. He saw some children on the way and started weeping. He thought to himself that since he had advanced from this age of child- hood he had experienced nothing but hardships; ''the old age is a very bad stage of life. " When a man becomes too old, the relatives wish thaf the man should now die, and, infact, the man becomes so weak as if he has already died; he becomes toothless, sightless and nothing more than a statue of stone. His features go out of proportion and he is afflicted with some diseases which, at times, cause him to commit suicide. At times, he becomes a victim of the troubles from which he would very much like to escape. If his children are of bad character, they add to his misery. In these cir- cumstances, the man begins to think that the life has been a sheer waste of time. Wise is the person who directs his attention towards God and sincerely takes Him to be one with no partners. There is none who can help him, be he a god or goddess. If he does not receive mercy from God there is none else from whom he can get it. If he is involved in a trouble, there is none who can come to his aid~and there are thousands 184