Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 103
103 The Holy Quran has prescribed many holy carnmandments for you, one of which is that you should not set up with God other gods, for those who set up gods with (rod, never find their way to the fountain of salvation. Do not speak a lie, for lying is also a shirk (setting up gods with God). It has been said in the Gospels that you should not look on a strange women to lust after her, and that you may do so otherwise, but the Holy Ouran says to you that yon should not look at strange women at all, neither with a good intention nor with a bad intention, for on such occasions a man is apt to stumble. The Quran enjoins up- on you that you should cast down your' looks when you meet a woman, and that you should not see her features except in so far as is unavoidable and that with a dim sight. It has been said in the Gospels , that you should not drink to excess, but the Holy Quran says to you that you should not drink wine at all, for if you do, you shall not find the way of God, nor will He speak to you, nor purge your hearts of impurities. It tells you that wine is the innovation of Satan, and that there- fore you should shun it. It-has been said in the Gospels that you should not be angry with your brother without a cause, but the Holy Quran says to you that you should not only suppress your own anger but also act upon iW^J b)^ iy and advise others to suppress their anger, and that you should not only be merciful yourselves but should also advise your brethren to show mercy to others. It -has been said in the Gospels that you should not put away your "wife saving for the cause of fornication and should suffer every other impurity to which she yields but the Holy Quran says to you: ^M^ ^ feW I "Good women only are for good men. " It tells you that the pure and the impure cannot live together. If, therefore, any one's wife is not guilty of actual