The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 424
424. Essence of Islam-III kinds of good actions. Such a person will receive his reward from his Lord. These people will have no fear nor shall they grieve, i. e. , they will be fully redeemed. '. In these verses, Allah the Glorious has said that the claim of the Jews and Christians that they are redeemed is only a vain desire, and they do not possess the true spirit of life. Real salvation is something which can be experienced in this very life. Such a person is able to devote himself wholly to God Almighty, so that his life and his death and all his actions are entirely for the sake of God. . He is wholly lost to his own ego, and God's will becomes his will. This is not just the desire of his heart; rather, all his faculties, reasoning, and thinking are dedicated to God. It is only then that he truly deserves to be called a Muḥsin, i. e. , one who carries service and obedience as far as is possible for him. Such a person is truly redeemed, as is said at another place: قُلْ اِنَّ صَلاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ . لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَانَا اوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ 0 254 (Part 8, Surah An‘ām, Rukū 20) 'Proclaim: My prayer and my sacrifices, my life and my death are all for Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Who has no associate. I have been commanded to work to attain that status and I am the foremost of those who submit wholly to Allah. '. Allah the Glorious mentions further signs of such redemption in His Noble Book. Although what has already been mentioned clearly distinguishes those who are truly redeemed, God has, nevertheless, set out the signs of the 254 Al-An'ām, 6:163-164 [Publisher]