Righteousness Is Essential for Heavenly Knowledge — Essence of Islam Vol. 2

14 Sep, 2026 Essence of Islam 0

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In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Righteousness Is Essential for Heavenly Knowledge, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 11: Righteousness
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That is to say, that that light would illumine all their actions and words and faculties and senses. Their intellect would be illumined and there would be light in all that they utter. There would be light in their eyes and in their ears and in their tongues and in their speech and in all their movements. The ways along which they walk would be lit up. All their ways, the ways of their faculties and their senses will be filled with light, and they will walk altogether in light.
[A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 5, pp. 177-178]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 349]

There is a great distinction between the acquisition of worldly knowledge and knowledge of the Holy Qur’an. Righteousness is not needed for the study of grammar, physics, philosophy, astronomy, medicine, etc. It is not necessary that a student of these subjects should observe Salat and the fast and should be mindful of Divine commandments and prohibitions and should subordinate his every action and word to Divine directions. Indeed it often happens that the seekers of such knowledge become atheistic and are involved in every kind of vice. Today the world presents a remarkable spectacle.
[Malfuzat, vol. I, pp. 425-427]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 349]

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