The Devotion of Life — Page 77
77 The Promised Messiah as translating these verses, explains: “Say to them that my prayer and my striving in worship and my sacrifices and my living and my dying is all for Allah and for the sake of Allah; the same Allah Who is the Creator and the Sustainer of the Worlds. He has no associate and I have been enjoined to be the first to submit. In other words, from the very beginning to the end of this world, there is none as complete a person as me who could match my high level of extinction in the way of Allah; and none like me who could have returned the total trust of Allah the Almighty. ” (Aina Kamaalat-e-Islam, Rohaani Khazain Vol. 5, p. 162) Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV rh , explaining this verse, comments: “There are many people in the world who love and think that they should make a present of the dearest thing that they possess. Often they are in two minds what to present. There are some very interesting episodes in the lives of Saints as well as in the lives of ordinary people. When Emperor Babar wanted to save the life of his son Humaiyun, he wondered what would be the most precious thing to present to Allah the Almighty. He kept on making circumambulations and first thought that the diamond that he possessed was very dear to him and very expensive. Then he thought the diamond is insignificant. He thought of sacrificing his Empire and kept on thinking and soul