Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 56
56 and over which he had no control will be taken into consideration. ' 23 At another place it says: 'Those of the faithful who do not strive in the path of God cannot be put on the same level with those who strive, except those whose inability is due to some natural deficiency. God will keep their disability in view. ' 24 The Holy Prophet sa says: 'No believing men or women experience any suffering in relation to their bodies, their children or their property, but that their sins are thereby reduced and they are so purified by the suffering that by the time they appear before God, their sins have been entirely washed away. ' 25 Although this tradition refers particularly to the believers, the principle laid down by the Holy Quran is of universal application, and the believers are mentioned in the tradition because this explanation was given in answer to their question. What has been described above is an apt illustra- tion of the teachings of different religions concerning the attributes of God. Islam defines the attribute of beneficence in one way and other religions define it in quite another way. Some of them have had to import the 23 Al-A‘r a f, 7:9. 24 Al-Nis a ’, 4 :96. 25 Tirmidh i.