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176 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad God Almighty loves loyalty and sincerity, and desires good deeds. He cannot be pleased with boasting and bragging. ” The Meaning of Rafa The Promised Messiah as said: “The Holy Quran has come to remove dissension. If our opponents interpret the words َّ رَافِعُكَ اِلَي (will exalt thee to Myself ) to mean that the Messiah ascended into heaven with his physical body, they ought to tell us: was this the matter the Jews denied? Did the Jews say that the Messiah had not ascended into the heaven? What the Jews alleged was that the Messiah was not exalted to Allah (i. e. that he was not the beloved of God). If the words َ َّرَافِعُك اِلَي (will exalt thee to Myself ) are not a refutation of this allegation, then our op- ponents ought to respond to this allegation of the Jews and show us where God Almighty has refuted them. ” Residing in the Centre Must Be for a Religious Purpose On one occasion, a friend submitted to the Promised Messiah as that they would like to come to Qadian for the purpose of business. On this, the Promised Messiah as said: “This very intention is corrupt. You should repent. One ought to come here for the sake of religion and should reside here with the intention of reforming their life to come. This should be the intention, and then, if along with this, a person engages in business as well to attain the objectives of their residing here, there is no harm. The actual intention must be religious and not worldly in nature. Are other cities not more well-suited to do business? The actual purpose in coming to Qadian should be nothing other than religious. After that, whatever you receive, consider it to be the grace of God. ” Sympathy for Humanity The Promised Messiah as states: “My state of affairs is that whilst engaged in Prayer if someone is in pain and their cry reaches my ears, I feel moved to go to their aid and give them sympathy insofar as possible, even if I am compelled to break my Prayer. It is against the principles of morality to not stand by a brother who is in pain and distress. If you can do nothing else, at least pray for them. What to talk of our own, I even say that you ought to show the same example of morality and sympathy to Hindus and others. One must not possess a thoughtless nature.