The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 289
Salvation ان الْحَسَنَتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيَاتِ 10 100 289. Surely good deeds do away with evil deeds. . We can also say that vice has a poisonous quality, which destroys, and that virtue has the quality of an antidote that rescues from death. For instance, to shut all the doors of a room is a vice, the necessary consequence of which is darkness. Opposed to this is the opening of the doors that face the sun. This is the virtue the necessary consequence of which is that the light that had been shut off will re-enter the room. [Kitāb-ul-Bariyyah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 13, pp. 76-81]. Belief in Kalimah. Your saying is quite true that it is the teaching of the. Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be on him) that sins are removed by the affirmation that: 101 لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللهِ :. It is a reality that he who believes in God as One without associate and that Muḥammad, the chosen one (peace and blessings of Allāh be on him) was sent by the same. All-Powerful Unique One, will doubtless attain salvation, if he dies in the belief. There is no salvation under heaven through the suicide of anyone and no one can be more insane than one who thinks so. But to believe in. God as One without associate and so Compassionate that by His great mercy, in order to rescue the world from misguidance, He sent His Messenger whose name is 100 Hüd, 11:115 [Publisher] 101 There is none worthy of worship except Allāh and Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh. [Publisher]