Worship Benefits Man Himself — Essence of Islam Vol. 2

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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 Worship Benefits Man Himself, 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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path or may give up hope and should abandon further advance. Therefore, the mercy of God Almighty seeks to comfort him in his progress in this journey and strengthen his heart and to uphold his resolve and to increase his eagerness. Thus it is God’s way that from time to time he comforts those who are voyaging along this path with His revelation and manifests to them that He is with them. Thus strengthened, they perform this journey with great eagerness. He has said: 254

There are several other means for achieving the purpose of life which the Holy Qur’an has set out, but considerations of space forbid us from setting them out here.
[Islami Usul ki Philosophy, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 10, pp. 415-422]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 470]

Question:255 God Almighty being Gracious and Benevolent, His direction that man should worship Him is for the benefit of man and not that it adds in any way to God’s honour. Answer: It is true that through the worship of God man’s own welfare is intended, yet the Rububiyyat of God Almighty demands that by avoiding evil and devoting himself to His worship and obedience, man should achieve his good fortune. If man does not wish to follow that path His wrath is aroused not for His own sake, but 254 ‘For them are glad tidings in the present life and also in the hereafter.’—Yunus, 10:65 [Publisher] 255 This extract is from the debate held in 1886 between the Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (the Promised Messiah), and Lala Murlidhar, an Arya Samajist. [Publisher] for the sake of man and He subjects man to diverse types of warnings and admonitions. If man still does not take heed, he is consumed in the fire of rejection and of despair. It is not permissible that anyone should say to Him: Why do You bother about what would harm me or benefit me? Why do You admonish us and send revealed Books and punish us? If we worship You, it would be for our own good and if we do not worship You, we shall suffer loss. Why should You worry? Should anyone say that, and indeed if the whole world and all mankind were to supplicate Him that He should spare them His admonitions and commandments and revealed Books, and that they do not desire paradise, but would be content with this world and should be left forever to it, that they do not desire the great bounties of the hereafter, that He should not interfere with their actions and should abstain from planning rewards and punishments for them and should not concern Himself with their benefit or their loss, their supplication would not be granted even if they continued to submit it throughout their lives with crying and weeping. It is not enough that a person is free and worships God for his own benefit and that Permeshwar has no concern with it, but the Glory and Greatness of God demand that man should carry out the worship of God and should follow the ways of goodness. His Godhead naturally demands that the signs of servitude should be manifested before Him and His perfection demands that man should humble himself in His presence. That is the reason why in the end His chastisement overtakes the disobedient, the vicious and those who persist in wrong-doing. His Blessed Being has eternally possessed the power to award reward and impose punishment; otherwise, He would not occupy Himself
[Surmah Chashm Arya, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 2, pp. 263-268]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 470]

475 INDEX Index of References to the Holy Qur’an Subject Index Index of Terms 477 Verse…………………………………. Page Verse………………………. Page 1:2 ………………………………………… 21 1:2-4 ……………………………………. 465 1:5 ………………………………………. 230 1:5 ………………………………………. 242 1:6 ………………………………………. 210 1:6 ………………………………………. 232 1:6-7 ……………………………………. 468 1:7 ………………………………………. 469 2:4 ………………………………………. 466 2:8 ………………………………………. 339 2:11………………………………. 219, 345 2:25……………………………………… 437 2:26…………………………433, 442, 443 2:27……………………………………… 344 2:107…………………………….. 153, 226 2:156……………………….224, 225, 338 2:156-157 …………………………….. 217 2:156-158 …………………………….. 108 2:157……………………………………. 338 2:166……………………………………. 241 2:186……………………………………. 313 2:187……………………………………. 266 2:208…………………………….. 428, 468 2:217……………………………………. 229 2:254………………………………. 48, 458 2:256……………………………………. 242 2:257…………………………….. 326, 374 2:287……………………………………. 341 3:32……………………………………… 271 3:64……………………………………….. 61 3:86……………………………………… 271 3:107……………………………………. 423 3:155……………………………………. 341 3:170…………………………………….453 3:191-192………………………………..93 4:63………………………………………341 4:111…………………………………….238 4:156…………………………………….345 5:16………………………………………..77 6:22………………………………………375 6:22………………………………………378 6:42………………………………………196 6:125………………………………………73 7:24………………………………………247 7:27………………………………………348 7:36………………………………………351 7:41………………………………………410 7:55………………………………………400 7:127…………………………………….468 7:173…………………….. 389, 391, 392 7:186…………………………………….134 7:197…………………………………….351 8:18………………………………………265 8:30………………………………………348 9:41………………………………………466 9:119…………………………….. 271, 469 10:63…………………………………….205 10 :65 ……………………………………470 11 :4 ……………………………………..245 11 :47 ……………………………………196 11 :115 ………………………….. 289, 440 13 :15 ……………………………………464 13 :18 ……………………………………117 13 :33 ……………………………………370 14 : 25-26 ………………………………434 14 :27 ……………………………………435 14 :34……………………………..161, 162 14:35 …………………………………….465 15 :43…………………………82, ,87, 343 15 :49…………………………………….454 16 :51…………………………………….180 17 :14…………………………………….419 17 :17…………………………………….369 17 :37……………………………….78, 115 17 :73……………….269, 287, 311, 415 …………. . 420 , 429, 433, 439, 450 17 :86………………………386, 387, 399 20 :51………………………………………24 20 :62…………………………………….375 20 :75…………………………………….413 21 :99…………………………………….437 22 :38…………………………………….254 22 :40-41 ……………………………….321 23 :10…………………………………….298 23 :15………………………302, 405, 407 24 :31…………………………………….114 25 :3………………………………………342 26 :91-92 ……………………………….456 26 :222………………………………… -223 26 :223…………………………………….81 27 :51…………………………………….370 27 :63…………………………………….211 28 :60…………………………………….369 29 :44………………………………………91 29 :70…………………………………….432 29 :70…………………………………….466 30 :31…………………………………….389 32 :18…………………………………….418 33 :47………………………………………77 33 :71…………………………………….114 33 :73…………………………………….462 34 :44…………………………………….119 34 :55…………………………………….421 35 :29…………………………………….185 35 :46…………………………………….340 36 :78-80 ……………………………….414 36 :80…………………………………….416 36 :82-84 ……………………………….414 37 :63-66 ……………………………….435 37 :165-166…………………………….150 38 :72-75 ……………………………….162 38 :77…………………………………… 360 38 :86…………………………………… 344 39 :43…………………………………… 396 40 :29…………………………………… 376 40 :61……………….188, 195, 199, 217 …………………..224 , 337, 338, 465 41 :31-32………………………… 466-467 41 :47…………………………………… 341 44 :44-47………………………………. 435 44 :50…………………………………… 435 45 :7…………………………………….. 133 47 :16…………………………………… 423 47 :20…………………………………… 243 48 :11…………………………………… 265 50 :17…………………………………… 266 51 :2-5………………………………….. 145 51 :57…………………….15, 16, 23, 461 53 :40…………………………………… 340 55 :47…………………………………… 427 55 :47…………………………………… 429 56 :19-20………………………………. 449 56 :26-27………………………………. 449 57 :13……………………………. 419, 422 57 :29…………………………………… 349 58 :23…………………………………… 265 61 :6………………………..340, 345, 432 66:7 …………………………………….. 437 66 :9……………………………… 424, 457 67 :6…………………………………….. 156 68 :37…………………………………… 375 69 :17-18………………………………. 156 69 :31-33………………………………. 421 71 :26…………………………………… 456 74 :32……………………………. 154, 155 75 :23-24………………………………. 449 76 :5……………………………… 429, 431 76 :6-7…………………………… 429, 449 76 :18-19………………………………. 429 76 :22……………………………. 429, 449 77 :2-6………………………………….. 146 77 :31-32………………………………. 422 79:6 …………………………………….. 146 80 :39-43………………………………. 456 83 :25…………………………………… 205 86 :5…………………………………….. 156
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 473]

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