Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 159
189 so possessed. Therefore His unity cannot he established unless He is regarded one and without any partner in His person as well as His attributes. The remaining portion of the chapter above quoted says that God is neither a father nor a son, for He stands in need of none, not even of a father or a son. This is the doctrine of Unity taught by the Holy Quran which is necessary for a perfect faith. So far as to belief* I will now consider the course pointed by the Holy Quran for observance in practice- The summary of its teachings regarding our treatment with others is contained in the verse : ^ OV V. J. fi J \J> & ^ h & u ^ ^ ' J J *** ^ /* l - ^ J ^ > ^^Jj /kJ )j jLksvoJ v" Almighty God commands you to be just and fair to others, i. e. , to do to them as they do to you, and (if you wish to attain to higher stage of perfection) to do good to those who have done no good to you, and (to rise higher still) to do good to others not to lay an obligation upon them or to receive thanks in return, but with the natural inclination of a mother for her child; and He forbids you to do any violence, or remind others of any obligation you have placed them under or do any evil to one who has done good or shown sympathy to you. " As an explanation of this verse, the Holy Quran says on another occasion ^ ^ UW ) ^ j*W. 3 i^y^ $ j > ) j*. &* & ; J 3) *JJ ) &. J ^^\ L> ) ) } j LJUJ j the*** v*. " The righteous feed the poor and the orphans and the prisoners, simply for the sake of, and out of their love for, God, and say to them, 'We give you food simply for the sake of God and do not wish from you any reward or thanks in return for this service'. " Again with reference to the requital of an evil, the Holy Quran says : ^ s <j+* U&* ^ * Jj?" *U ) i^e ^ U ^ } ^ " The retribution of an evil is an evil like it, but if a person forgives and his forgiveness is conducive to any good and does not lead to further evil (for instance, the evil-doer