Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 155
155 requires perfect love and perfect knowledge and not any thing else. Referring to this Almighty God says in the Holy Quran : BJ ) J Ib U > U J il U-. J *JU ) J/* 1x3 J. " The flesh of these, (& # , the animals slaughtered) does not reach God, nor yet their blood, but the sacrifice that God accepts from, you is that you should fear Him and walk in righteousness for His sake. " It should be borne in mind that the truth which underlies all the principles of Islam is that indicated by the word Islam itself, and the aim of all its commandments is that a man should attain to the stage of perfection signified by Islam. Hence the Holy Quran emphatically teaches that Almighty God should be made the sole object of one's desires and love. It shows now His beauty and goodness and calls attention then to His countless gifts and favors, for beauty and favours are the two incentives to love. According to the Holy Quran, Almighty God is one and without any partner in His excellences, and He is eternally free from every defect. In Him are found all the perfect attri- butes and by him are displayed all the mighty powers. From, Him the whole creation comes into existence and to Him all the affairs return. He is the fountain-source of all blessings and the Judge of retribution. Being remote, He is very near, and being near, He is still far off. - He is above all but still it cannot be said that beneath Him there is anything else, and He is the most hidden of all thing?, but it cannot be said that anything is more manifest than He. He is Himself living and everything has its life from Him. He is His own support and everything finds support from Him. He bears everything and there is nothing that bears Him. Nothing has come into existence independently of Him and nothing can exist without Him. He comprehends ail, but the manner in which He does so, cannot be described.