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drop upon their soul: "And there is not a thing but with Us are its treasuries, and We do
not send it down except in a known measure." Koran, Chapter 15 verse 21.

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You cannot avail yourself of the devotional spirit of the pious unless you benefit them by
charity and kindness. Charity brings relief both for the doctor and his patient and
provides the patient with the most effective remedy borrowed from the treasures placed
in the custody of the angels as mentioned in the Prophetic saying: "Get rid of your
diseases through charity." What then is that about which we ought to employ our
serious thoughts. This one thing, that there is no god except Allah whose goodness
overflows all things and whose inner power animates the innermost hearts which hence
become wider than the heaven and earth. Eternal Allah is found at a point within
ourselves, which as the mystics hold, is equally Allah's central reality and ours, where
spirit with spirit meet. "They question you about the Spirit. Say: 'The Spirit is of
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command of my Lord.'" Koran, Chapter 17 verse 85.