Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 451
451 Sixthly, that he will not follow vulgar customs and will abstain from evil inclinations and that be will completely submit to the authority of the Holy Quran and that he will make the sayings of God and H. is v Apost. le the, guiding principle of his life. Seventhly, that ; he will fully give up pride and haughtiness and wilJ pass his days with humility, lowliness, courtesy and meekness. ; Eightlyj;that. he will consider religion, the dignity^ of religion and the well-being of Islam dearer than life, wealth and children -CJ '' !. '. . i -' and in. short dearer than everything. else. , Ninthly, that he will be, for Goid's. sake. showing sympathy with ,the creatures of Allah and to the best. of his power he will use his ; natural abilities for the welfare of- Godi's creatures. Tenthly, that he will. establish a brotherhood with me (t,,ha Promised Messiah) on condition of obeying me in everything good and keep it up, to the. day of ;. his death and this relationship will be of such a, high. order that itS; ; example ( will not be, found in any worldly relationship either of blood relations or of servant and master. ; , The articles ;of faith of the Ahmadiyya : 1. God is one and nobody is or can be his co-sharer in -His self, attributes, names or worship, ' 2- The Angels exist. 3. God has been sending from time immemorial His Apostles in every country and nation for the guidance of His/creatures and we. believe in every one of them whose names have been mentioned in the Holy. Quran individually and in the rest col- lectivelyv. . . . . . . " ' ' ' ' ' ' '. . . it-. -<. . . , ;. , 4. Our Book is the :Holy Quran and our Proph. et is Moham- mad (peace be, upon hi i,q,), ;. and he. is th^ ,ea[ of. Pcophe. t. s _, ;