Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 64
64 'Say, O Prophet: If your parents, and your chil- dren, and your brethren, and your wives, and your husbands, and your kinsfolk, and your property, which you have acquired with labour, and your trade the dullness of which you fear, and your homes which you love, are dearer to you than Al- lah and His Messenger and your striving in the path of Allah to gain His pleasure, you have no faith in Allah. Then wait till Allah issues a decree concerning you, and Allah does not guide the transgressors. ' 28 A person cannot claim to be a Muslim unless he stands towards God in the relationship described in this verse. He must be ever prepared to sacrifice every object and feeling for the pleasure of God, and must prefer the love of God to all other things. In another verse the Holy Quran describes a sure indication of the love of God in these words: 'True believers are those who remember God, standing and sitting and when lying down on their sides. ' 29 28 Al-Taubah, 9:24 29 A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:192