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189 The man said: ‘I do not ask for much, just give us anything as a blessing. ’ Finally, he gave the man a coin that was approximately equivalent to two annas. In the evening, the man came back with the coin and said: ‘Good sir! The coin that you have given me has turned out to be a counterfeit. ’ When Imam Abu Hanifah rh heard this, he was overjoyed and said: ‘That is wonderful. The fact is, I did not want to give anything in the first place. There are enough mosques already, and I felt that this new undertaking was an act of extravagance. ’” 1 3 June 1901 The Manner of Attaining the Pleasure of Allah Allah the Exalted states in praise of the Holy Quran: 2 ِ ِ اهلل ۃ مِّنْ خَشْيَ مُّتَصَدِّعًا ْتَهٗ خَاشِعًا ی َ جَبَلٍ لَّرَا ی ٰ الْقُر ْٰانَ عَل هٰذَا لَوْ اَنْزَلْنَا If We had sent down this Quran on a mountain, thou wouldst cer- tainly have seen it humbled and rent asunder for fear of Allah. Whilst expounding this verse, His Holiness, the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace and blessings, said: “One meaning of this is that the Holy Quran pos- sesses such an effect that if it was sent down on a mountain, it would crumble to pieces due to the fear of God and would be razed to the ground. When such is the influence on inanimate objects, how truly and utterly foolish are such human beings who do not benefit from the effects of this book. The second meaning of this verse is that no one can attain the love and pleasure of Allah until they inculcate two qualities within themselves. Firstly, one must break their own arro- gance in the likeness of a tall standing mountain that crumbles and is razed to the ground. In the very same manner, one ought to dispel all their thoughts of arrogance and superiority. One must adopt humility and lowliness. Secondly, one must sever all of their worldly ties, just as a mountain falls to the ground and is rent asunder—broken into pieces. In the same manner, a person’s earlier associa- tions, which result in impurity and incur divine displeasure, must all be broken, and a person’s interactions, friendships, love and enmity should be purely for the sake of Allah Almighty. ” 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 19, dated 24 May 1901, pp. 8-9 2 al-Hashr, 59:22 p. 171