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as. In his book, Kashti Nuh, the Promised Messiah has exhorted his community in these words: "The real and perfect paths of salvation have been opened only by the Holy. Qur'an; all others were only its shadows. Therefore, you should study this Holy Scripture with the utmost attention and deepest thought; and you should love it as you have never loved anything else. For indeed, as God has conveyed to me: الْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ al-khairu kulluhu fil-qur'an i. e. All sort of virtues are in the Holy Qur'an. All kinds of good are to be found in it - and this is truth. Unfortunate, indeed, are the people who give preference to other things over it. The Holy Qur'an is the fountainhead of your salvation for all betterment and success. There is not even a single spiritual need which has not been met for you in this Holy Book. The supporter or falsifier of your faith on the Day of Judgement would be the Holy Qur'ān, and apart from this book, there is no other under the heavens, which can provide you with direct guidance. It is indeed a great blessing of God upon you that He has bestowed upon you a book like this. . . . Realize, therefore, the value of the blessings bestowed upon you. It is a precious blessing and a great treasure. " (Kashti Nuh, Rüḥāni Khaza'in, Vol. 19, p. 26). Hadrat Khalifatul Masih Vaba in his Friday Sermon of September 24, 2004, stated the following with regards to teaching the recitation and translation of the Holy Qur'an: as "Every Ahmadi should make sure that he himself, and his wife and children recite the Holy Qur'an regularly. He should also make a full effort to learn the translation of the Holy Qur'an. In addition, he should read Ḥaḍrat Masih Mau‘ūd's. Commentary of the Holy Qur'an. They should recite the Holy Qurʼan as if it is not an ordinary book, but rather keeping in mind that it is the Word of God Almighty. " rh. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV in his Friday Sermon of June 19, 1998 stated the following with regards to the teaching of the recitation and translation of the Holy Qur'an: "Just teaching the reading of the Holy Qur'an is not enough. When you teach the meaning of the Holy Qur'an, love for the Holy Qur'an is bound to develop. . . . If love of the Holy Qur'an is established in one's self, all the problems of one's life will be solved. . For those who love the Holy Qur'an, evils disappear and they are given a new life. ' " 8