He completes his studies

He was silent for a long time. Then he ran his finger over the carpet and looking at the lines that he had drawn, said to Khalid, ''I have sinned a lot. So many sins, that it is difficult for me to count them – small sins, big sins, every sin that one can imagine I cannot even think of saving this book in my breast or my mind. My breast and mind are not pure. People like me ....people like me are not worthy of memorizing it. I cannot even think of it,' he uttered, overcome with emotion.

Khalid was silent for a while. Then he asked, ''Do you still sin?'' Wang Lian shook his head in denial.

''Then, what is there to be afraid of? If you can recite these books, in spite

of all your sins, you can memorize them also, and you have stopped sinning. This is sufficient. If God does not want you to memorize it, you will not be able to, no matter how hard you tried; but if you are fortunate, you will,'' Khalid seemed to have fixed the problem in a trice.