Approaching the West — Page 180
A pproaching the West—180 He holds out promises to them [mankind] and raises vain desires in them, and Satan promises nothing but vain things. (4:121) The Holy Qur’ ā n thus enhances the scope of the Ten Commandments in a very positive manner. And worship All ā h and associate naught with Him, and show kindness to parents, and to relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and to the neighbor who is a kinsman and the neighbor who is unrelated, and the colleague, and the wayfarer, and those who are under your control. Surely, All ā h does not love the proud and the boastful. (4:37) To summarize Isl ā mic teachings concerning commandments about man’s obligations toward God and toward others, I would like to quote Ḥ a ḍ rat Mirz ā Ghul ā m A ḥ mad, the Mahd ī and the Promised Messiah (peace be on him), To be truly righteous it is necessary that a person abandoning utterly such outstanding vices as adultery, theft, trespass, hypocrisy, egotism, scorn of fellow beings, miserliness, should eschew all low morals and should make progress in high moral values. He should behave towards his fellow beings with politeness, courtesy and sympathy and should cultivate true fidelity and sincerity towards God Almighty. (Malf ūẓā t, Vol. IV, p. 400)