Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 104
104 fornication but looks to lust on other men. or yields to their embraces and goes through the preliminaries of fornication, though she may not have committed fornication actually, and discloses to others the parts of her body which, should be concealed and is a mischievous woman, and hates the holy God, who is your Lord, he should divorce her if she persists in her evil ways and does not repent of wickedness. She separates herself from her husband and is not flesh of his flesh, therefore it is not permitted him to live with her like a contended cuckold. She becomes like the flesh which is corrupt and rotten, and must be cut off, lest if allowed to remain, it should corrupt the whole body and cause death. It has been said in the Gospels that you should not swear at all, but the Holy Quran prohibits you only from vain swearing, for in some cases it is necessary to administer an oath to come to a decision. Almighty God does not wish to annihilate the means of proof, for it is His wisdom that has brought them about. It is natural that when there is no witness in a case, Almighty God should be called to witness- It has been said in the Gospels that you should not resist evil in any case, but the Holy Quran does not like, the Gospels, teach you unconditional non-resistance of evil on every occasion. It says to you : *M ) ^ /? [ * ^ ) j [ ** ^ ^" '**& '&*". *) j* " The recompense of evil is only evil proportionate thereto, but if a person forgives under circumstances when his forgiveness without causing any harm is likely to lead to a beneficial result and render matters better, God shall be pleased with him and shall give him his reward. ". The Holy Quran neither justifies strict venegeance nor does it commend unconditional forgiveness on all occasions. It requires us to consider and weigh the circum- stances of each case and adopt the course which is conducive to