Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 175
175 you owe them. If the salvation of another is re- garded as possible by your forsaking the path of rectitude and virtue nevertheless adhere to virtue, for, if another goes astray because you have been rightly guided and have adopted virtue, God will not, on that account, be offended with you, and expect you to save another by destroying your- selves. ' 78 The Holy Prophet sa says, 'Thyself has claims on thee,' 79 that is to say, you are not merely to look after others; you must also regard the welfare of your own self, and provide means for its physical and spiritual development. According to Islam, that which is hidden is as much moral or immoral as that which is manifest. So that not only is a man who is openly arrogant, im- moral, but a man who is outwardly meek and humble but nurses pride in the secret corners of his heart is equally immoral, for, although he has not injured an- other, he has injured and sullied his own soul. As the Holy Quran says: 'They were presumptuous in their hearts and were also very overbearing. ' 80 Again, a man who entertains evil suspicions con- cerning another, is guilty of immorality, although he does not publish such suspicions, as the Holy Quran 78 Al-M a ’idah, 5:106. 79 Bukh a r i. 80 Al-Furq a n, 25:22.