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50 Essence of Islam-III directions for the only reason that God Almighty has be- stowed them upon him through a righteous bearer, he be- comes deserving of the bounty of understanding. That is why God Almighty has established a law for His servants that they should first acknowledge Him by believing in the unseen, so that all the problems they face may be re- solved through the bounty of true understanding. But it is a pity that a hasty one does not adopt these ways. The Holy Qur'an contains the promise of God Almighty that if a person, who accepts the call of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) on the basis of faith, seeks to comprehend its reality and strives after such comprehension, the reality will be disclosed to him by means of visions and revelations and his faith will be elevated to the stage of the understanding. [Ā'īna-e-Kamālāt-e-Islām, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 5, pp. 251-253, footnote]. Salvation Depends on Faith I affirm repeatedly and emphatically that if religious doc- trines had been self-evident like philosophical proposi- tions and mathematical equations, they would certainly not have been considered the basis for achieving salva- tion. Dear brethren, rest assured that salvation depends upon faith, and faith is related to the unseen. If the under- lying reality of things had not been concealed, there would have been no faith, and without faith there would be no salvation. It is faith alone which is the means of winning Divine pleasure. It is a ladder for achieving nearness to God, and a spring for washing away the rust of sin. We are dependent upon God Almighty, and it is faith that discloses this dependence. We are dependent on God Almighty for our salvation and our deliverance from every ill. Such deliverance can be achieved only through faith. The remedy for the torments of this life and the