Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 264
264 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad the Faith over this world. As such, Allah the Exalted Himself states: 1 ِ ُوْفٌۢ بِالْعِبَاد ء َ اَهللُ ر Allah is Compassionate to His servants. Who Are the Servants of God Almighty? The servants of God are those who dedicate the lives which they have been grant- ed by Allah Almighty in His cause, and who sacrifice their lives in the way of God. They consider it a blessing of God and their own good fortune to be able to spend their wealth in His cause. However, those who deem the wealth and property of this world to be their ultimate objective, being unaware, misjudge the true significance of religion. However, this is not the way of a true believer and a genuine Muslim. True Islam is for one to dedicate all of one’s strengths and facul- ties in the way of Allah Almighty, until one’s last breath, so that he may receive a pure life. Therefore, Allah Almighty Himself alludes to this dedication in the cause of Allah in the following words: 2 َ هُمْ يَحْزَنُوْن خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَا وَ هُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَلَهٗۤ اَجْرُهٗ عِنْدَ رَبِّهٖ وَ لَا ِ هلل ٗ مَنْ اَسْلَمَ وَجْهَه Whoever submits himself completely to Allah, and is the doer of good, shall have his reward with his Lord. No fear shall come upon such, neither shall they grieve. The meaning in this instance is that one must don the garb of self-effacement and humility and fall at the threshold of God, and dedicate one’s life, wealth and honour—everything that one possesses—for the sake of God, and one must turn the world and all that belongs to it into a means of serving the Faith. In Pursuing Worldly Affairs the Ultimate Objective Must Be Religion No one must think that the aforementioned implies that an individual should have no relation whatsoever with worldly affairs. This is not what I mean, nor does Allah Almighty forbid a man to engage in worldly matters. In fact, what Islam does forbid, is asceticism. This is the way of cowards. The more diverse a believer’s worldly associations, the more they advance in higher ranks, because their prime objective is religion, and the world along with its wealth and honour 1 al-Baqarah, 2:208 2 al-Baqarah, 2:113