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(4) Medicine of waiting for God's forgiveness. He is like a person who spends all his wealth and makes himself and his family members poor in expectation of His mercy. He hopes that God will bring out a hidden treasure for him out of uncultivated land. His waiting for seeking God's forgiveness for his sins is likewise.

(5) Medicine for the fifth cause. To doubt the prophethood of the Prophet in infidelity- Its medicine is the proofs of his being a true Prophet. He must be said: Is the affair in the next world impossible as the staying of a man in two different places at the same time is impossible? If he says: I have doubt in the next worldly affairs, he must be told: Eat the food which you have just left and into which some one has thrown poison. He shall not eat it believing a stranger's words. If he is a liar, you will still not eat the food, saying: I shall not eat it as it is better for me to remain on the good side and to have patience. But if he is true, I shall meet with death if I eat it. So to have patience is better than the pangs of death. Hazrat Ali said to a man who had no faith in the next world: If what you say is true, we will get salvation. If it does not come out true, we shall get salvation but you will perish. In other words, the wise man adopts always the path of safety. Such a disbeliever should be told: You give up food believing a stranger.
How can you neglect the sayings of the prophets, saints and wise men backed by miracles? There is no good in arguing with the illiterate. If there is difference of opinion among the wise regarding the next world, the deniers will suffer endless sufferings if it is true. If it is false, then only your temporary pleasures will suffer for some time'. If anybody is wise, he must not doubt in this argument as there can be no comparison of these few days in this world with the everlasting nature of the next world. How can a wise man be able to earn everlasting happiness of the next world as he is engaged in the pleasures of the world?

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