The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 348
348. Essence of Islam II ways of righteousness. They are the attractive features of spiritual beauty. It is obvious that to be mindful of the trusts of God Almighty, and to fulfil all the covenants of faith, and to employ all faculties and limbs both overt, like eyes and ears and hands and feet and others like them, and those that are covert, like the mind and other faculties and qualities, on their proper occasions and to restrain them from coming into action on improper occasions, and to be warned against the subtle attacks of vice and to be mindful of the rights of one's fellow beings, is the way of perfecting one's spiritual beauty. . God Almighty has in the Holy Qur'an designated righteousness as a raiment. Libās-ut-taqwā¹40 is an expression of the Holy Qur'an. 141 This is an indication that spiritual beauty and spiritual ornament are achieved through righteousness. Righteousness means that one must be mindful even of the smallest details of the Divine trusts and covenants and also of all the trusts and covenants of one's fellow beings, as far as it may be possible. That is, one must try to fulfil, to the best of one's ability, all the requirements in their minutest details. [Brāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, Part V, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 21, pp. 209-210]. True righteousness and ignorance cannot subsist together. True righteousness is accompanied by a light, as. God the Glorious, has said: يَايُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا انَ تَتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّكُمْ فُرْقَانًا ويُكَفِّرْ عَنْكُمْ سَيَأْتِكُمْ 142 140. The garment of righteousness. [Publisher] 141 Al-A'raf, 7:27 [Publisher] 142. Al-Anfal, 8:30 [Publisher]