Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah

by Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad

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Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 163

164 Allah the Exalted. On the contrary, they go out of their senses, or they are afflicted with certain other maladies, such as pulmonary, tuberculosis, or catch certain other infections. The prayer taught at this point is that is, show us the suitable ways of worship in order for us to discharge obligations pertaining to Allah and His servants which should be in harmony with every people and their age, and every individual of a people in any age, so that we may become immune to every malady, weakness, slip and frustration, and attain Your nearness. The Holy Quran has very emphatically and repeatedly stressed the point of adopting the attribute of Ahsan , that is, the best manner. For instance, it says, (argue with them in a way that is best) 81 that is, various ways can be adopted while exchanging ideas with others, but you should adopt the best way. Do not scare the one who listens to you amicably. Sometimes an adversary assumes that if he succeeded in making them create disorder, they would be at a disadvantage while he would profit from that. In such a situation an Ahmadi is under the obligation to endeavour his best to maintain peaceful atmosphere, according to the Quranic injunction, and carry out the discourse in the best way commanded in (argue with them in a way that is best) lest peace is breached. In numerous injunctions Allah the Exalted has alluded to the point that various ways can be adopted in carrying out an injunction, but you