Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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93 provide the means of satisfying this longing, which He has done, leaving it to man to take advantage of them. 47 Again He says: 'Verily, those who desire not to meet Us and are content with material pleasures and material de- velopment, and desire nothing beyond this world, and those who are indifferent to Our signs which We show them to draw their attention, inasmuch as they have voluntarily withdrawn from the source of real happiness, will never attain to true happi- ness and will ever suffer spiritual tortures as the result of their actions. ' 48 At another place God says: 'Those who recognize the majesty of God, and act in accord therewith, will be given two para- dises,' that is, one in this life and one in the life to come. ' 49 Again describing the blessings of paradise He re- fers to the principal blessing in the verse: 'Some faces (that is, those who enter paradise) will be lit up with joy, for they will see God. ' 50 46 Al-Nis a , 4:70-71 48 Y u nus, 10:8-9 49 Al-Ra h m a n, 55:47 50 Al-Qiy a mah, 75:23-24