True Justice and Peace — Page 16
16 this beautiful teaching afterwards among the majori- ty of the governments, due to the selfish attitudes and the personal interests of Islamic leaders and scholars. However, as I said, Allah the Exalted sends his proph- ets and chosen people in every era of disorder and cor- ruption for the guidance of mankind. He also sent the Promised Messiah as , who clearly expounded upon this beautiful teaching and familiarised us with its beauty. He announced that there was a twofold purpose for my advent: firstly, to unite man with Allah the Exalted and to draw the attention [of man] towards fulfilling the rights of God; secondly, the purpose of his advent was to make one fulfil the rights of fellow human beings. [10] Hence, Islam draws our attention towards fulfilling these two rights and we must examine this in the light of the teaching of the Holy Qur’an. As I said, in light of this verse of the Holy Qur’an, we can observe how the highest standards of [fulfilling] these rights can be es- tablished in the world and the establishment of equal- ity, justice, love and brotherhood. We also observe how well the Holy Prophet sa demonstrated this to us through his own practical example. Even in this era, we see how, through this verse, the person who was sent by Allah the Exalted guided us regarding how one should fulfil both these types of rights.