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make a false claim-they are not Muttaqi; they are living a life of sin and perpetrating acts of injustice and cruelty by telling others that they are Wali and that they have attained to the nearness of God; they must first fulfil the condition of being a Muttaqi. (Malfoozat Vol. 1, ~- 401) TAQWA AND HELP OF GOD God has set another condition also; we might call it a Sign of the Muttaqis. Jnnallaha ma-allazeenat-taqau Allah is with the people ·who are righteous (i. e. Muttaqi). These· are the people who have the communion of God i. e. who are the recipients of the help of God. It is the help of God that can be considered to be a proof of some one being a Muttaqi. Firstly, it was the door· of Walayat (friendship) that was closed; now the door of the help of God is also closed (that is these doors are closed to the people who are not Muttaqi). You. should remember that the help of God· is never vouchsafed to unclean and the evil-doers. Only the Muttaqis are recipient of the help of God. When a man is burdened with hardships and troubles and he stands in need of getting his requirements fulfilled, it is only his Taqwa through which he can be relieved. The solution for his straitened circumstances also lies in Taqwa. God says: -manyat-taqillaha yaj-al lahoo makhraja wa yarzoqho min haiso la yahtasib. God the Almighty makes out a way for the Muttaqi to be relieved of his difficul- ties and He makes the arrangement for his riddance from the Unseen. He provides him from the source that he can never come to know. What does a man ·wish for in this world? His greatest wish always is that he should live a comfortable life. For this, there is only one way open to him and that is the way of 40