The Holy Qur’an is Our Guide to Islamic Teachings

Then he says:

One who is fearful of standing before God and secures himself against the selfish desires attains the station of Paradise. To secure oneself against the carnal desires is the death of the ego.

By doing so, one can please God in this very world and thereby attain Paradise. (Al-Badr, vol. 1, August 3, 1905, p. 2)

Refraining from unwanted customs and rituals, and restraining oneself from lustful inclinations, are indeed part of Islamic teachings. To comprehend this teaching, we turn towards the Holy Qur’an as our Guide. The truth of the matter is that if a believer adopts the Holy Qur’an as the source of guidance in his daily life, all his evils will start vanishing automatically. His heart shall contain no lustful desires because this is the pure Book which completes the shari‘ah as a way of life. Keeping in view all facets of human life, Allah the Almighty revealed this Book to the pure heart of the Holy Prophetsa. And then whenever it was required, the Holy Prophetsa expounded upon the teachings through his practices, actions, and sayings. That is the reason why the Promised Messiahas has instructed us to accept the Book as fully binding upon us. I would, therefore, like to present references from the Qur’an, the hadith and some writings of the Promised Messiahas with respect to this topic.

Allah the Almighty says:67

And indeed We have made the Holy Qur’an easy to understand and to remember. But is there anyone who would receive admonition?

There is a hadith:

Hadrat Abu Musa al-Ash‘arira relates that the Holy Prophetsa said, ‘The example of a believer who recites the Qur’an and acts accordingly is like that of a citron that tastes good and smells good. And a believer who does not recite the Qur’an but acts upon it is like a date, which is good in taste but has no smell. And the example of a hypocrite who recites the Qur’an is like the basil, which smells good, but tastes bitter. And the example of a hypocrite who neither recites the Qur’an nor acts upon it is like the colocynth, which tastes bitter and has bad smell.’ (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitabu Fada’ilil-Qur’an, Babu

Ithmi man ra’a bi-Qira’atil-Qur’ani au ta’akkala bihi au fakhura bih)

The Promised Messiahas says: …the Holy Qur’an is filled with deep points of wisdom. It excels the Bible in every way in teaching true goodness. In particular, the lamp that shows the Real and Unchangeable

Allah is held by none other than the Qur’an. Allah knows how many would have fallen victim to the worship of creatures if

Qur’an had not been revealed. Thanks to Allah that the Unity

67. (al-Qamar, 54:18)