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27 God and to promoting the cause of Allah, expecting the Jama’at to follow him in the footsteps of the Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). Admonishing the Jama’at he says: “The pain which pleases God is better than the pleasure which makes God angry. And that defeat which pleases God is better than the victory which invites the wrath of Allah. Renounce the love which brings you nearer to the wrath of Allah. If by purifying your hearts you will come to Him, then He will help you whichever path you tread and no enemy shall be able to harm you. You can never ever win the pleasure of Allah unless you, relinquishing your desire, abandoning your pleasures, sacrificing your honour, disowning your wealth, discarding your life, bear such hardships in His way as make you suffer pangs of death. But once you have suffered hardships for Allah, you will come in the lap of God like a beloved child. And you will be made as heir of those pious persons who have preceded you. The door of every blessing will be opened to you. But there are few who belong to this category. ” (The Will, pp. 9 -10) In the Holy Quran, ‘Ahadith’ , sayings of the Holy Prophet, (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and early Islamic and Ahmadiyya literature, we find an abundance of material on the topic of ‘Waqf Zindagi’. Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Ayaz Sahib has rendered a great service to the Jama’at by collecting this material, with his introductory remarks, in an excellent order and getting it