A Message for Our Time — Page 47
47 Serving Humanity—A Form Of Worship Of Allah the Islam taught by the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet Muhammad sas. Above all, he constantly drew the attention of mankind towards fulfilling both the rights of God Almighty and of one another. On one occasion, the Promised Messiah as said: Serving humanity is itself a form of worship [of Allah]. At another place, the Promised Messiah as said: My state is such that if someone is in distress, whilst I am engaged in the obliga- tory prayers and I hear their grief, it is my ardent desire to break the prayer and to try to help that person and to shower them with as much love as possible. The Promised Messiah as further said: To fail to help a brother in their time of need or difficulty is utterly immoral and wrong. Furthermore, the Promised Messiah as said that, if a person did not have the material means to help someone struggling or facing difficulties, they should, at the very least, fervently pray that Allah the Almighty remove their problems. He taught that sincere prayer required a soft and pure heart and so Muslims had a duty to be sympathetic to the plight of others and to consider their trials as though they were their own. On another occasion, the Promised Messiah as said: More than anyone else, I implore people to manifest the highest morals and love towards non-Muslims, such as Hindus. The Promised Messiah as said: Treat all the creation of God with such deep love as though they are your close family members. Treat mankind in the same way that a mother treats her child. This is the way you should be and not that you help someone only so that you can attain benefit later or take a favour in return. Similarly, the Promised Messiah as has said: In chapter 16, verse 91 of the Holy Quran, Allah the Almighty has instructed Muslims