Understanding Islam — Page 11
11 The founder of the A ḥ madiyya Muslim Jam ā ‘at, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (referred to in this book as the Promised Messiah as ) clarified the meaning of Islam in the following words: In the idiom of Arabic, Islam means money paid as earnest to conclude a bargain, or to commit some affair to someone, or to seek peace, or to surrender a claim or point. The technical meaning of Islam is set out in the verse: ﺑ َ ىل ٰ ﻣ َ ﻦ ۡ ا َ ﺳ ۡ مل َ َ و َ K ۡ َ ﻪ ٗ : ِ ّ ٰ ِ و َ ﻫ ُ ﻮ َ ﻣ ُ ﺤ ۡ ﺴ ِ ﻦ ٌ ﻓ َ M َ ٗ ۤ ا َ ﺟ ۡ ﺮ ُ ﻩ ٗ ﻋ ِ ﻨ ۡ ﺪ َ ر َ ﺑ ِ ّ ﻪ ٖ و َ ﻻ َ ﺧ َ ﻮ ۡ ف ٌ ﻋ َ ﻠ َ هي ۡ ِ ﻢ ۡ و َ ﻻ َ مه ُ ۡ حي َ ۡ ﺰ َ ﻧ ُ ﻮ ۡ ن َ Nay, whoever submits himself completely to Allah, and is the doer of good, shall have his reward with his Lord. No fear shall come upon such, neither shall they grieve. 8 This means that a Muslim is one who commits himself wholly to the cause of God Almighty; that is to say, one who devotes himself to God Almighty, to following His designs and to winning His pleasure, and then becomes