Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 153
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 153 upon them. In the end that will come about which will be decreed by God. If one has the strength, complete trust in God has a higher status than any other virtue. . An essential teaching for you is that you should not discard the Holy Quran, for therein is your life. Those who honour the Quran will be honoured in heaven. Those who prefer the Quran to every hadees and every other saying, will receive preference in heaven. For mankind there is no book in the world except the Quran, and for all children of Adam, there is no Messenger and intercessor but Muhammad, the chosen one, peace be on him. Then endeavour to cultivate true love for that dignified and majestic Prophet and do not give any kind of preference over him to anyone else, so that in heaven you may be counted as those who have attained salvation. Remember that salvation will not be manifested only after death, but true salvation is that which exhibits its light in this very world. Who attains salvation? He who believes that God is true, that Muhammad, on whom be peace, is the intercessor between God and all His creatures, and that there is no Messenger equal to him in rank under heaven, nor is ~here any book equal in rank to the Holy Quran. God did not desire immortality for anyone but this exalted Prophet is alive forever [Kashti Nuh, pp. 15-20]. I repeat that you should not be content with having made the covenant of Ba' ait overtly, for that amounts to nothing. God looks at your hearts and will deal with you accordingly. I hereby. discharge my obligation of conveying my message by warning you that sin is a poison, so do not swallow that poison. Disobe- dience of God is dirty death, so safeguard yourselves against it. Supplicate so that you might be granted strength. He who at the time of supplication does not believe that God has power to do everything except that which might be contrary to His promise is not one of my Community. He who does not give up lying and deceit, he who is caught up all the time in the world and does not lift his eye to look at the hereafter, he who does not in truth prefer the faith to the world, he who does not shun every vice and every ill, that is to say liquor, gambling, impure looks, deceit, bribery, and every improper acquisition, is not of my Community. He who is not regular in performing the five daily Prayer services, he who is not constant in Prayer and does not remember God with humility, he who does not discard the company of an evil one who influences him towards vice, he who does not honour his parents