Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 146
146 AHMADIYY AT Greatly unfortunate is the person who carries his disobedience to a degree as if there were no God. Such a one is destroyed quickly and God Almighty cares not at all for him. The teachings of the Holy Quran are designed to carry you to the highest stage of righteousness. Lend ear to them and comfort yourselves with them. The Quran does not teach like the Bible that you should not look at women with the eye oflust. The object of its perfect teachings is that you should not look heedlessly at a woman who is not related to you within the prohibited degrees, neither with lust nor without lust. You should shut your eyes so that you may not be affected. Remember well this commandment of your Lord and safeguard yourselves against the adultery of the eyes and be fearful of the wrath of One Whose wrath can destroy in an instant. The Holy Quran also prescribes that you should safeguard your ears against listening to any discourse concerning women outside the prohibited degrees and also against every discourse that is otherwise improper. It is not necessary for me to admonish you not to commit murder, for no one except a wholly wicked person advances towards murder. But I do admonish you that you should not insist upon injustice and thus slay the truth. Accept the truth even if it should proceed from a child. If you find your opponent uttering the truth then immediately give up your dry logic. Adhere to the truth and bear true witness. As God the Glorious has said: 'Shun the abomin;1tion of idols and shun all words of falsehood' (22:3 I). Falsehood is not less than an idol. That which turns you away from the Qibla of truth is an idol in your path. Bear true witness even if it should be against your fathers or brothers or friends. Let no enmity incite you to injustice. Be united and give up all miserliness, rancour, jealousy and lack of compassion. There are two great commandments of the Holy Quran. One is Unity, love and obedience of the Lord, hallowed be His name; and, secondly, sympathy. with your brethren and with the whole of mankind [Izala Auham, pp. 446-52]. The members of my Community, wherever they might be, should listen with attention to this admonition. The purpose of their joining the Movement and establishing the relationship of spiritual preceptor and disciple with me is that they should achieve a high degree of good conduct, good behaviour and righteousness. No wrongdoing, or mischief, or misconduct should even approach them. They should perform the five daily Prayer services