Socio Political Thought Of Shah WaliAllah Rahmatullahi Alaihi

184 Selections frorn Hu~~at Allah al-Bfilighah
for was indeed true and that his conduct was virtuous and free from
any element of falsehood. They are also able to witness in him signs
of Divine proximity like miracles and grant of supplications so that
they remain in no doubt, that his soul was from among the blessed
ones and elevated to the position of closeness to angels. They also
realise that it does not befit the like of him to attribute any falsehood
to God, nor to commit any act of disobedience to Him. Thereafter
there occur events which unite them in greater cohesion. These
events become dearer to them than all their possessions and even
their children and more desirable than cold water for the thirsty. All
these things are so important, that it is not possible for a community
to become oriented in the required conditions of life without them.
This is why all those who have been engaged in one form of religious
devotion or another associate their tradition with the one concerning
whom they believe that the conditions explained above are found in
him. Whether they believe so rightly or wrongly.
God knows best.