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himself a Muslim. The mark and the evidence of this in-
grained faith in a Muslim shines brilliantly when he affirms,
"Ana muslim, Alhamud li 'l-Lahi ("I am Muslim; praised be
Allah!"). What is more impressive and singularly obvious
a sign of a Holy belief than the hatred and repugnance which
a Muslim feels against any other object of worship besides
God? Which of the two is holier in the Sight of Allah: he
who worships his Creator in a simple building of the
Mosque, or he who worships the fourteen pictures and
images representing the scenes of the crucifixion in a build-
ing whose walls and altars are adorned with the idolatrous
statues, its ground covering the bones of the dead, and its
dome decorated with the figures of angels and the saints?
(b) The sanctification by the Holy Spirit and fire which
God works upon the spirit of a Muslim is that He impreg-
grained faith in a Muslim shines brilliantly when he affirms,
"Ana muslim, Alhamud li 'l-Lahi ("I am Muslim; praised be
Allah!"). What is more impressive and singularly obvious
a sign of a Holy belief than the hatred and repugnance which
a Muslim feels against any other object of worship besides
God? Which of the two is holier in the Sight of Allah: he
who worships his Creator in a simple building of the
Mosque, or he who worships the fourteen pictures and
images representing the scenes of the crucifixion in a build-
ing whose walls and altars are adorned with the idolatrous
statues, its ground covering the bones of the dead, and its
dome decorated with the figures of angels and the saints?
(b) The sanctification by the Holy Spirit and fire which
God works upon the spirit of a Muslim is that He impreg-