Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 549
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES لَا تَجْعَلُوا اللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِأَيْمَانِكُمْ 46 Page يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَ قُتِكُمُ بِالْمَنِ وَالْأَذَى 58 Page كَالَّذِي يُنْفِقُ مَا لَهُ رِئَاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانِ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًا 58 Page 549 The Holy Quran has this special quality that its moral teaching is meant for the whole world, while the moral teaching of the Gospel is only for the Jews. Regarding the discussion that the Holy Quran also compliments the good people from other nations. لَيْسُوا سَوَاءٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَبِ أُمَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ أَيْتِ اللهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَ أُولَئِكَ مِنَ 4 الصَّلِحِينَ * - 85 Page يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِنْ دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا وَدُّوا مَا عَنِتُمْ 1. Make not Allah a target for your oaths (Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:225 [Publisher] 2. O ye who believe! render not vain your alms by taunt and injury (Surah al-Baqarah, 2:265). [Publisher] 3. Like him who spends his wealth to be seen of men, and he believes not in Allah and the Last Day. His case is like the case of a smooth rock covered with earth, on which heavy rain falls, leaving it bare, smooth and hard (Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:265). [Publisher] 4. They are not all alike. Among the People of the Book there is a party who stand firm by their covenant; they recite the word of Allah in the hours of night and prostrate themselves before Him. They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin what is good and forbid evil, and hasten, vying with one an- other, in good works. And these are among the righteous. (Sūrah Al-e-Imrān, 3:114-115). [Publisher]