Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 41
42 Another argument implied in the fourth meaning of (there is no doubt in it) is that compliance with the Quranic teachings will safeguard you from all kinds of adversities and calamities and that you will come under the protection of Allah the Exalted. Then, no deception, or power, or intrigue of the world would harm you in true sense. One suffers a loss only when something is really lost. But if somebody loses five rupees and his father gives him five rupees in lieu of the lost five rupees and ten extra rupees for the anxiety he suffered; no sane person in the world will consider it a loss when his five rupee loss is being compensated with fifteen rupees. Allah the Exalted promises here safety for you saying, you will not suffer from any loss or tribulation if you act upon the teachings of this book. He does not say that nobody will be able to inflict upon you any harm; for a believer has to make sacrifices in the cause of Allah. But that which is regarded as a hardship by the worldly people is a comfort for a true believer. His God, his Lord and the one Who is his Master for Whose sake he bears with the afflictions, produces such means for his pleasure, delight and comfort that he deems afflictions from the persecutor of no import and firmly believes that even if he were to be persecuted greater his Lord would shower even more love on him. Hence, this is a book whose true believer is never at a loss. The other Divine books are not on a par with it. Therefore, it is proven that it is this book that is (the Book). God Almighty says in surah An-Nis a ’: