Continuing our series of weekly extracts of writings from Hazrat Masih-e-Maud (as) from "Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam": Through our complete surrender to the will of God our passions are killed, and through supplication we acquire a new life. This second life is signalized by the receipt of revelation. Arriving at this stage is interpreted as meeting with God, in other words beholding God...
Following Hadith taken from "Gardens of the Righteous" : The Holy Prophet (saws) said: The believers in their love, kindness, and compassion towards each other are like the human body; when one of its limbs is afflicted the whole of it is involved both in waking and in fever (Bokhari and Muslim)...
Continuing our series of weekly extracts of writings from Hazrat Masih-e-Maud (as) from "Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam": The method of establishing perfect spiritual relationship with God that the Holy Quran teaches us is Islam, meaning devoting one's life to the cause of God and being occupied with supplications which we are taught in Surah Fatihah. This is the essence of Islam....
Following Hadith taken from "Gardens of the Righteous" : The Holy Prophet (saws) said of the blessings of the next world: "No eye has seen them, nor has any ear heard of them, nor can the mind of man form any conception of them." (Bokhari)...
Continuing our series of weekly extracts of writings from Hazrat Masih-e-Maud (as) from "Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam": As a garden cannot flourish without water, faith cannot survive without righteous action....
Following Hadith taken from "Gardens of the Righteous" : The Holy Prophet (saws) said: The relationship between one believer and another is like that between different parts of a building, one part strengthens another. (Bokhari and Muslim)...
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Continuing our series of weekly extracts of writings from Hazrat Masih-e-Maud (as) from "Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam": Righteous conduct proceeds from him not as labor but as delight and pleasure. This is the paradise that is bestowed upon a spiritual person in this very life. The paradise that will be bestowed in the hereafter would be a reflection of this paradise which will, through Divine power, be manifested physically....
Following Hadith taken from "Gardens of the Righteous" : The Holy Prophet (saws) said: A Muslim is one against whose tongue and hands the Muslims are secure; and an Emigrant is one who departs from that which Allah has forbidden (Bokhari and Muslim)....
Continuing our series of weekly extracts of writings from Hazrat Masih-e-Maud (as) from "Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam": God requires that we should offer ourselves to be sacrificed in His cause. We shall acheive steadfastness when all our faculties and powers are devoted to His cause and our life and our death are all for His sake....