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209This faith in the true God is manifest in every person who professes himself a Muslim. The mark and the evidence of this ingrained faith in a Muslim shines brilliantly when he affirms, “Anā muslim, Alhamud li’lLāhi (“I am Muslim; praised be Allah!”). What is more impressive and singularly obvious a sign of a holy faith 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 God: 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 building 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 that God works upon the spirit of a Muslim is that He impregnates and fills it with love for, and submission to, Him. An honourable husband would rather divorce his beloved consort than see her sharing his love with any other man. The Almighty will cast away any “believer” who associates any other object or being with Him [1] . The Muslim’slove for Allah is not theoretical or idealistic but practical and real. He will not hesitate for a moment to expel from his house his wife, son, or friend if he should blaspheme the Holy Name or Person. A pagan or a person of other religion may show a similar furious zeal for his object of worship. That love which is shown for the One True God is holy and sanctified; and such love can only exist in the heart of a Muslim. Those auspicatory and doxological formulæ “Bismi ’lLāhi” and Alhamdu li’lLāhi,”whichmean,respectively, “InthenameofAllah” and “Praised be Allah” at the beginning and the end of[1] Quran,4:48. Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed.(Editors).