The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 59
Faith, Certainty and Insight إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنْكُمْ جَزَاء وَلَا شُكُورًا ه 50 59. That is: 'Believers are those who, out of their love for. God, feed the needy, the orphans and the captives saying: We feed you in order to win the pleasure of Allah; we do not desire anything in return or any expression of gratitude from you. ”. These verses show clearly that the Holy Qur'ān has described the highest grade of Divine worship and righteous action as that which is inspired by true love of God and sincere seeking of His pleasure. This excellent teaching, which is set out so clearly in the Holy Qur'an, is not explained with such clarity and detail in the Gospels. . God Almighty has designated this religion as Islām, so as to indicate that man should worship God not out of selfish motives, but out of spontaneous eagerness. . Islām means discarding all desires and submitting to Divine will. In this world, no religion other than Islām lays down such objectives. There is no doubt that for the demonstration of His mercy God has promised the believers diverse types of bounties; but He has instructed those believers who are eager to achieve the highest grade that they should worship Him out of spontaneous personal love. [Nūr-ul-Qur'ān, No. II, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 9, pp. 437-441]. Remember, the verse: بل مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلّهِ وَ هُوَ مُحْسِنَ فَلَةٌ أَجْرُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ 5 50 51. Al-Dahr, 76:9-10 [Publisher] 'Nay, whoever submits himself completely to Allah, and is the doer of good, shall have his reward with his Lord. No fear shall