What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 81
( 81 ) wrong way or with \vrong motives. Per. :. haps we have only been learning to. endure hunger and thirst. God- does not care for this sort of fasting. The function of Haj, according to the Quran, is to cure disunion, to stop corruption and conflicts. The end of Zakat,·. ,accor·· ding to the Quran [9 : 1 03], is the purification of individual and social life and the 'cleansing of. ·em'otions and thoughts. Those who do not achieve these results do not practise the Zakat taught by the Qur. an. The Quran ·~iii not stamp our prayers, fasts, Zakat and Haj as correct unless they lea{! to the banishment of indecencies, make us God-fearing, cure us of disunion, and purify · our individual. and social life and our thoughts and feelings. . The Promi~ed Mes,siah, accordingly, declared that if Ahmadis did not achieve the results which the teachings of the Quran were ·meant to achieve, he would not regard