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117 of Islam to people. Read them and also note them and sincerely strive to put them in practice, and see which matters are forbidden because they are vices, and which matters have been enjoined upon us because they are virtues and merits. These are not the only verses enjoining Taqwa ; rather, the Holy Qur’an enjoins this in numerous places. The Promised Messiah (as) said: “ In the Holy Qur’an more emphasis has been laid on virtue and righteousness [ Taqwa ] than on any other commandment. The reason for this is that righteousness bestows the strength to resist all vice and urges progress towards all good. Righteousness is in all circumstances a charm that guarantees security and is a citadel for safeguarding against all harm. A righteous person can avoid many vain and harmful contentions that often lead other people to ruin. They sow the seed of dissension among the people through their hasty actions and suspicions and lay themselves open to objection. ” 5 The Promised Messiah (as) further says that man’s entire spiritual beauty is in treading the fine ways of Taqwa. “ The spiritual beauty of man is to walk along all the fine 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 the 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