Given below are the

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

written by
His Holiness about this Article that were found among his Manuscripts

Verses of the Holy Quran that will, God-willing, be written in this treatise.

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If you give alms openly, it is well and good; and if you conceal alms-giving, it’s far better. Such alms will remove your sins

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So that they may be benefit therefrom.

Surah al-Baqarah, Part 2. They should follow My commandments and believe in Me so that they may benefit therefrom.

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Remember God with the heart brimming with love as you remember your fathers.

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There are some who sell themselves in the path of God so that somehow He may be pleased.

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O ye who believe! Come into submission in the path of God and follow not the Satanic ways, for Satan is your enemy.

Here, Satan means those people who enjoin evil.

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The Holy Quran has this special quality that its moral teaching is meant for the whole world, while the moral teaching of the Gospel is only for the Jews.

Regarding the discussion that the Holy Quran also compliments the good people from other nations.

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(It is concerning the arbitration by the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, between a Jew and Muslim.)

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Allah is the Guardian over everything.

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If they believe as you have believed, then are they surely guided; but if they do not believe in such a way, then they are a people who does not want to stop opposing or does not want to seek peace

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…its vegetation does not come forth but little…

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And never did We send a Messenger to any township but that, when they rejected, We seized them with famine and epidemic so that they may show humility as a result of it.

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This Prophet enjoins that which is not contrary to reason, and forbids that which reason also forbids. And makes lawful the good things and declares the bad things to be unlawful, and removes the burden from the heads of nations under which they were buried and he delivers them from the shackles around their necks due to which the necks could not be straightened. So those who shall believe in him, and shall strengthen him by joining him, and shall help him, and shall follow the light that has been sent down with him—they shall be delivered from the adversities of this world and the Hereafter.

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And those who hold fast the Book, and establish Prayer, We suffer not their reward to perish.

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The faculties of souls, which have the love of God ingrained in them, testify in their very being that they have been created by God.

Hence if the question was to arise as to how we can believe in the Holy Quran when there is contradiction between the two teachings, the answer is that there is no contradiction, because the shurtis of the Vedas have been interpreted in thousands of ways, and among them is one interpretation that also concurs with the Holy Quran.

He who does not fear God treats a truth with such resistance as though he were being dragged towards his death and was trying to save his life.

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(Translation) O ye who believe! If you adopt taqwa [righteousness], God will create a distinction between you and others, and will purify you, and will forgive you sins; and your God is Lord of great bounty.

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NOTE: Faith and religion is not a merely a verbal phenomenon. Rather, just as gold is recognized by its qualities, so is the follower of a true religion recognized by the light he exhibits.

God destroys him who has been destroyed by evidence and keeps alive him who is sustained by evidence.

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And if the opponents incline towards peace, you too should so incline, and put your trust in God…

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And if they carry deceit in their heart at the time of reconciliation, then God is sufficient for you to counter that deceit.

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(Translation:) Fortunate are those who leave all else and turn to God, and are engrossed in His worship and keep busy in glorifying God, and go around the world in the path of God to proclaim His message, and bow before God, and prostrate—they are the believers who are given the glad tidings of salvation.

God has divided calamities, in His law of nature, into five categories: the Signs of calamity that cause fear; next is stepping into the calamity; then is the state of despair; and then the dark time of calamity; and then the dawn of the mercy of Allah. These are the five times that are symbolized in the five [daily] prayers.

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[Publisher’s Note: The following are some objections and some facts that have been found in the Promised Messiah’s (as) notes that he had written with regard to this article. He had intended to refute these objections and to shed light on these facts on the basis of the teachings of the Holy Quran. Similarly, some issues seem to have been taken from a Buddhist book that was under his review at that time and regarding which he wanted to write something.]

1. What is so novel in the revealed books that was not known before?

2. What scientific enigma have the Prophets solved that until then was unsolved?

3. The Prophets told nothing about the nature and substance of the soul, nor gave much of a description of the afterlife, nor could they give a detailed description of God. In biology, sleep is described as a natural phenomenon, but the Prophets have stated that there are other causes of sleep. [slumber of peace—Surah Al-e‘Imran, 3:155]

4. They did not resolve past errors nor did they solve complicated questions, and instead placed people in even greater confusion.

5. The moral teaching of the Buddha is superior to all.

6. When someone is separated from something that he loves, this becomes torture for him.

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8. The annihilation of desire leads to salvation.

9. In this world, salvation is at times achieved through correct knowledge, at times through correct action, at times through correct speech, and at times through correct conduct. At times, fair dealing with people becomes the cause of salvation, and sometimes a good relationship with God rids one of pain and suffering. And sometimes one pain serves to redeem other pains.

10. Speak the truth. Do not tell a lie. Shun things that are absurd. Do not hurt anyone, either with your deed or your word. Keep your life pure, do not backbite nor slander anyone. Do not let carnal passions overwhelm you. Get rid of malice and jealousy. Purify your heart of rancour. Do not do to your enemy what you would not want done to yourself. Do not advise others to do what you yourself do not act upon. Keep trying to increase your knowledge and understanding. Free your heart from ignorance. Do not be hasty in levelling objections at someone.

Hate does not remove hate but only increases it further. Love cools hatred and does away with it.

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Meaning that purifying the hearts is the true sacrifice. The sacrifice of flesh and blood is not true sacrifice. While common people sacrifice animals, the elect sacrifice their [own] hearts.

But God has also not stopped these sacrifices so that it may be known that these sacrifices, too, are related to man.

God has described the good things of Paradise in the guise of things that were cherished by the Arabs so that their hearts would be drawn towards it. In reality, those things are of a different nature and not things of this world. But it was necessary to describe them in this way so that the hearts may be drawn towards them.

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He who remains preoccupied in fulfilling his carnal desires utterly destroys himself. But he who walks on the true path, not only his body but his soul too will attain salvation.

He who remains preoccupied in fulfilling his carnal desires utterly destroys himself. He not only puts his body in peril but destroys his soul as well. But he who walks on the right path and is not the follower of his carnal passions not only saves his body from destruction but leads his soul to salvation as well.

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There were 100 houses in a village but only one had a burning lamp. When people learnt of this they brought their lamps and all of them lit their lamps with that lamp. In the same way, one light can multiply. Referring to this God Almighty says:

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Man does not own even his life, let alone be the owner of wealth. A spoon cannot taste the syrup even though it is dipped into it many times. A sweetmeat reaches the mouth by means of the hands, but the hands cannot taste the sweetmeat. In the same way, one who has not been granted the required senses by God derives no benefit even by becoming the medium for it:

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A greater pleasure makes one oblivious to a lesser pleasure, as Allah the Almighty says:

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(1) Faith is the seed; (2) Righteous deeds are the rain; and (3) Striving— physical and spiritual—are the plough, the self that reproaches itself being the disciplined ox, and the Shariah being the stick that drives it—the harvest growing therefrom being Eternal Life.

An outcast is one who is devoid of righteous qualities, because it is the righteous qualities of a person that constitute his personality. There are very few who understand the inner promptings of their hearts. Things in which they perceive their prosperity are not really the means to prosperity.

He who does not counter evil with evil, but forgives, is undoubtedly worthy of praise. But even more praiseworthy is he who is not constrained by forgiveness or retribution, but abides by God and does what is appropriate for the occasion, because God, too, treats everyone commensurate with his condition. He punishes the one who deserves to be punished and forgives one who deserves forgiveness.

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Two groups are plentiful in the world. One is those who like justice, and the second is those who favour benevolence. And the third group is those who are so overwhelmed by true sympathy that they are no longer bound by the norms of justice or benevolence. Rather, guided by true sympathy, they act as is appropriate for the occasion. This is just like a mother’s treatment of her child, who gives sweet and delicious food to him, but when necessary gives him bitter medicine, too, and in both conditions her…

In my discourse, there will not be a single word against the British Government. We are grateful to this government because we have found peace and comfort from it. I find it necessary to say this much with regard to my claim that I have not come on my own but have been sent by the will of God so that I may remove misconceptions, clarify obscure matters, and show the light of Islam to other nations. Let it be known that the unattractive face of Islam that is being projected by our opponents is not the true face of Islam. In fact, Islam is such a brilliant diamond that every side of it is brilliant. It is like a grand palace with many lamps, one being visible from one window and another from another corner.

The same is true of Islam. Its heavenly light is not just observable from one aspect; rather, its eternal lamps are visible from every vantage. Its teaching is itself a lamp, and its spiritual prowess is itself a lamp, and the signs of God’s succour that accompany it are each a lamp. And the one who comes from God to demonstrate its truth is also a lamp.

The greater part of my life has been spent studying the books of other nations, and I say it in all truth that I have not found the teaching of any other religion—be it with regard to doctrine, morality, social management, state politics or the doing of good deeds—to equal the exposition of the Holy Quran. I do not say this because I am a Muslim; rather, the truth forces me to give this testimony. And my testimony is not ill-timed. Indeed, it comes at time when a battle of religions has begun in the world. I have been given the tiding that Islam will finally emerge victorious from this battle. I do not say earthly things, for I am not from the earth, I say only that which God has put into my mouth. Worldly people might think that perhaps in the end the Christian faith will prevail in the world or the Buddhist faith will become dominant in the world, but they are mistaken in this notion.

Bear in mind, nothing transpires on earth until it has been decreed in Heaven. And so, the God of Heaven tells me that the religion of Islam will conquer the hearts in the end. And in this battle of religions I have been commanded to warn those who are looking for the Hakam [Arbiter]. My case is like that of a person who warns of some robbers who want to attack a village while it is unaware. Therefore, anyone who listens to him saves his possessions from the transgression of those robbers, and he who does not listen is ruined.

In our times there are two kinds of robbers—some come from the outside and some from within. And only the one who does not store his possessions in a place of safety is destroyed. In this age, the way to save the wealth of faith is to be aware of the excellences of Islam, to be aware of the spiritual prowess of Islam, to be aware of the living miracles of Islam, and be aware of the person who would be appointed as the shepherd for the sheep of Islam, because the old wolf is still alive— it is not dead. When it sees a sheep straying away from the shepherd it will surely snatch it away.

O creatures of God! You know that when there is a drought and it does not rain for a long time, its ultimate effect is that even the wells start to dry up. So just as in the physical realm, where heavenly water causes earthly water to well up, in the same way, in the spiritual realm, it is the heavenly water (i.e. revelation from God) that brings vitality to earthly intellects. And so, this age too stood in need of heavenly water.

I consider it necessary to say this much with regard to my claim that I have been sent by God at the very time of need. In this age many took on the character of the Jews, and not only bade farewell to virtue and righteousness but, like the Jews in the time of Hazrat ‘Isa, became the enemies of truth; and so, as against them, God named me the Messiah. It is not just that I invite the people of this age to myself; rather the age itself has invited me.