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! ! 405 saying , “You are indeed a righteous man. ” Therefore, God Almighty instructs us that true believers pay full attention when remembering Him, but the condition of some of you is such, that as soon as you begin your prayers, you begin to deliberate over the r ecip e for s ham i k ebabs [a n Indian dish] or ponder other worldly things. Frankly, many women have this problem. The Promised Messiah as once started giving daily lectures to women. One day , someone asked the Promised Messiah as to ask them to relate what they have understood. The Promised Messiah as asked a woman , who had been attending his lectures for the last fifteen days. She answered , “Y ou were most likely speaking of prayer and fasting , etc. ” Upon h earing this, the Promised Messiah as stopped giving lectures to women. Thus, women very rarely listen with undivided attention , but God Almighty tells us that a di stinct feature of true faith is for you to listen to the Word of God Almighty with full attention. Then , God Almighty states a chara cteristic of a true believer is : َا ۡﻋ ٍُني ُﻗ َّﺮ َۃ ُذ ِّر ّٰﻳ ِﺘ َﻨ ﺎ َو َا ۡز َو ا ِﺟ َﻨ ﺎ ِﻣ ۡﻦ َﻟ َﻨ ﺎ َﻫ ۡﺐ َر َّﺑ َﻨ ﺎ َﻳ ُﻘ ۡﻮ ُﻟ ۡﻮ َن ا :َِّ ۡﻳ َﻦ َو ِا َﻣ ﺎ ًﻣ ﺎ ِﻟ ۡﻠ ُﻤ َّﺘ ِﻘ َۡني ا ۡﺟ َﻌ ۡﻠ َﻨ ﺎ َّو “ And those who say, Our Lord grant us of our wives and our children the delight of our eyes and make us a model for the righteous. ” ( Holy Qur’ ā n Ch. 25 : V. 7 5 ) Allah has endowed the nature of every human being with a desire for greatness. He declares , “We are aware of this characteristic of yours and we also desire you to achieve greatness, but the way to achieve this is to continue to pray that you become an I mam. ” This instructs us that a true believer should not be satisfied with small achievements , but should instead, desire to become a leader and Imam. Yet, whos e Imam ? [He should become an] Imam of the righteous and not of th ose who are from among the non - righteou s.