Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 205
205 sirable moral qualities as the case may be. But as the space at my disposal does not permit me to enter into an explanation of these details I shall content myself with what I have said concerning the general division of moral qualities, hoping that this would be sufficient to indicate the nature of the moral teachings of Islam. Why are Good and Bad Moral Qualities So Called? In regard to this question also Islam lays down certain principles, and supplements them with certain details. The principle is: 'I have not created men—great or small—but that they should develop in themselves My attrib- utes. ' 110 The first object of moral development, therefore, is to fit man for union with God, for, unless a man purifies himself he cannot approach the Source of all purity and life. God loves not the wicked and the impure of heart, and desires that men should assume His pure attributes, so that they might be fitted to approach Him. He says: 'We have created on earth the most beautiful and useful things and have appointed men therein 110 Al-Dh a riyat, 51:57.