Fifth Means — Essence of Islam Vol. 2

14 Sep, 2026 Essence of Islam 0

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Introduction

In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Fifth Means, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 18: The Purpose of Creation
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but through God’s power. The fifth means of achieving the purpose of life is striving in the cause of Allah with one’s property and one’s faculties and one’s life and one’s reason, as He says: 245 246 247

Dedicate in the path of Allah your possessions, your lives, and your selves to their fullest capacity. And devote to the Divine cause all that you have been granted by God including reason, knowledge, understanding and skill. And those who strive after Us in every way, We guide them along the paths that lead to Us.
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 466]

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