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29 DECEMBER 1904 of their religion, and do good to everyone without discrimina- tion, for this indeed is the teaching of the Holy Quran: وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينَا وَ يَتِيمًا وَ أَسِيرًا Those captives and prisoners who used to come were mostly disbelievers. Now see what the extent of Islam's compassion is. I believe that apart from Islam no one has been blessed with perfect moral teachings. Once I regain my health, I will write a stand-alone treatise on moral teachings because I want what is in my mind to be made manifest. It would be a perfect teaching for my Jama'at, and the ways to اِبْتِغَاءُ مَرْضَاتِ اللهِ - ]seek the pleas ure of Allah] would be shown in it. I am deeply distressed every day when I see and hear that someone has done this and some- one has done that. My disposition is not pleased with these incidents. I find the Jama'at now still like a child who takes two steps and falls four steps, but I believe that God Almighty will make this Jama'at perfect. That is why you should also remain engaged in making efforts, planning, striving, and supplications so that God Almighty will grant His grace, because nothing happens without His grace. When His grace comes, it opens all avenues. 2 95 1. And they feed, for love of Him, the poor, the orphan, and the prisoner (Sūrah ad-Dahr, 76:9). [Publisher] 2. Al-Hakam, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 2-4, dated 24 January 1905