The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam — Page 170
164 The fourth means of achieving the true purpose of life appointed by God Almighty is supplication, as He has said: 211 ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ That is, call on Me, I shall respond to you. We are repeatedly urged to supplicate so that we should find God, not through our power but through God's power. The fifth means of achieving the purpose of life appointed by God Almighty, is striving in His cause; that is to say, we should seek God by spending our wealth in His cause, and by employing all our faculties in furthering His cause, and by laying down our lives in His cause and by employing our reason in His cause; as it is said: 212 جَاهِدُوا بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنْفُسِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ط 214 وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ 213 وَالَّذِيْنَ جَاهَدُوا فِيْنَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا Strive in His way with your wealth and your lives 211. Pray unto Me; I will answer your prayer. (The Holy Quran, al-Mu'min 40:61) 212. Strive with your property and your persons in the cause of Allāh. That is better for you, if only you knew. (The Holy Quran, at-Taubah 9:41) 213. And spend out of what We have provided for them; (The Holy Quran, al- Baqarah 2:4) 214. And as for those who strive in Our path-We will surely guide them in Our ways. (The Holy Quran, al-'Ankabut 29:70)