The Light English edition October 2017

October 2017 The
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of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful”.
It tells us of the Beneficence of God, His giving
without asking anything in exchange. The
purpose of describing God’s attributes is for humans
to benefit from them and to produce in
their character, Allah’s attributes, as the Holy
Prophet’s (s) Hadith states.
Create Allah’s morals within you
What would be the source of mercy of a nation
that describes its God as being incapable of
mercy without exchange? If this is the standard
of achievement, no matter how hard someone
may try their character would fail to improve.
Because of attributing inability to be merciful
without exchange to God, unconditional mercy
fails to evolve in the national
conscience of those
who profess this doctrine.
Mercy does not mean
treating your strong foe
mercifully for one who
has the power is also capable
of enforcing it. The time to be merciful is
when the opponent is weak and vanquished and
has lost the strength to acquire anything. Now
take the example of the European nations. You
will find one principal in common. Although
they have reached the highest standard of the
teachings of Christianity, their shared goal is to
give to someone who has power and crush the
one who is without it. What could be a more
glaring example of failure of the teachings of
Christianity? After a war 1 lasting five years the
victors are not willing to show even a shred of
mercy towards the vanquished. This may seem
to be a victory but in fact is a great moral defeat.
Trust of Allah
By telling the Muslims they have given up
their persons and properties for His sake, Allah
the Most Exalted is pointing out that these
things do not belong to them. In fact, they belong
to Allah and have been given to us as a
Trust. We are only its trustees. It would be rather
strange that we continue to benefit from
them but when He who is the owner of this
Trust, demands their return we are unwilling to
return them to Him. Can a trustee refuse to return
what has been given to him for safekeeping?
Is it his right to spend out of it on his personal
needs but when directed by the Owner to
give some in charity his heart feels straitened
and he is reluctant to give? Remember that God
is the real owner. If you believe in the word of
God and want to be counted amongst the believers,
ponder upon this. Your condition is that of
a very dishonest person.
Self Reformation
How can you spread the
teachings of the Promised
Messiah when you fail to act
upon them (e.g. obeying the
Central Anjuman - editor)?
Muslims today want success without facing
any hardship. They are, however, not willing to
give back to Allah what He has placed under
their guardianship to achieve this goal. People
want to enter paradise
without spending a
penny in Allah’s way.
They complain about
the dealings of others
but fail to reform their
own. I accept that you
should make a full effort
to demand your rights. The civilized world today
is unwilling to give anything unless they are
confronted by show of power. To generate such
strength self reformation is essential. Why is the
attention of the nation not drawn towards this
in our conventions and counsels? True character
cannot be generated in this way. We are
happy to listen when others are ill spoken off
but when attention is drawn towards our own
reformation we deem it as rubbish. Muslims
should be exemplars for the rest of the world.
Their morals should have the colouring of the
Divine. That is why Allah the Most Exalted says:
“Surely Allah has bought from the believers
their persons and their property”. (9:111)
What right do they have to discard Allah’s
commandments and use their faculties and
strengths as they desire! In one way, however,
this usage can be justified as spending in Allah’s
way. It is narrated in the Hadith: “The person
who for the sake of Allah puts a mouthful to feed
his wife, it becomes charity on his part”.
We preach the Islam taught by the Holy
Quran and the Holy Prophet (s).
1
This is a reference to the World War I.
I Shall Love All Mankind.