Although  this  vast  mystery  holds  such importance,  certain deviant  sects  have tended  to deny it. They have been deprived  of those lights and they have caused others to be deprived. The most regretable thing is that making a pretext of abuses and faults they have seen committed  by the followers  of the Sufi path,  some  literalist Sunni scholars and some neglectful politicians who are also Sunnis are trying to close up that supreme treasury, indeed, to destroy it, and to dry up that source of Kawthar which distributes a sort of water of life. However, there are few things and ways and paths that are without fault and are good in every respect. They are bound to contain some faults and abuses. For if the uninitiated embark on something, they are sure to misuse it. But as with the accounting of deeds in the hereafter, Almighty God demonstrates His dominical justice through the weighing up of good deeds and bad deeds. That is to say, if good deeds preponderate and weigh heavier, He accepts them and  grants  reward;  whereas  if evil deeds preponderate,  he punishes  for them  and rejects  them.  The  balancing  of  good  and  evil  deeds  looks  to  quality  rather  than quantity. It sometimes happens that a single good deed will weigh heavier than a thousand evils, and cause them to be forgiven. Divine justice judges thus and reality too considers it right. Thus, the evidence that the good deeds of the Sufi path – that is, paths within the bounds of the Prophet’s (UWBP) practices – definitely preponderate over their evils is that those who follow them preserve their belief when attacked by the people of misguidance. A sincere ordinary follower of the Sufi path preserves himself  better   than  a  superficial,   apparent   Muslim   with  a  modern,   scientific background. Through the illumination of the Sufi path and the love of the saints, he saves  his  faith.  If  he  commits  grievous  sins,  he  becomes  a  sinner  but  not  an unbeliever; he is not easily drawn into atheism. No power at all can refute the chain of shaikhs  he accepts,  with  a strong love  and firm belief, to be spiritual poles.  And because no power can refute it, his confidence in them cannot be shaken. And so long as his confidence is not shaken, he will not accept atheism. In the face of the atheists’ stratagems at the present time, it has become difficult for a person unconnected with the Sufi path, whose heart has not been brought to action, to preserve himself completely, even if he is a learned scholar.