The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 466
466. Essence of Islām II but through God's power. . Fifth Means. The fifth means of achieving the purpose of life is striving in the cause of Allāh with one's property and one's faculties and one's life and one's reason, as He says: 245 جاهدوا با موالِكُمْ وَ انْفُسِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ الله وممَّا رَزَقْنَهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ 246 والَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا . 247. Dedicate in the path of Allāh your possessions, your lives, and your selves to their fullest capacity. . And devote to the Divine cause all that you have been granted by God including reason, knowledge, understanding and skill. . And those who strive after Us in every way, We guide them along the paths that lead to Us. . Sixth Means. The sixth means for achieving the purpose of life is steadfastness; that is to say, that a seeker should not become tired and should not be daunted by trials, as. Allāh the Exalted says: انَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزِّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَيْكَةُ الا تخافوا ولا تَحْزَنُوا وَ ابْشِرُوا بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ . 245. Al-Tauba, 9:41 [Publisher] 246 Al-Baqarah, 2:4 [Publisher] 247 Al-'Ankabūt, 29:70 [Publisher]