Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 313
APPENDIX TO BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FIVE 313 ostentation, heedlessness, and indifference be eschewed for the fear of God. And it is evident that unless man shuns the baser attributes, he can- not adopt the higher morals that stand in contrast to them and are the means to reaching God because two opposites cannot coexist in one heart. This is what God alludes to in the Holy Quran as He says at the beginning of Sürah al-Baqarah: هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ Meaning: 'The Holy Quran is a guidance for those who are muttaqin ["righteous"]. In other words, those who are not arrogant and reflect upon the Word of God Almighty with khushūand humility, are the ones who ultimately find guidance. It should also be kept in mind here that the word انت afla ha-succeeded'] occurs six times in these verses. Its use is explicit in the first verse: قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَشِعُونَ * and in others it is conjunctive. The dictionary meaning of aflaha is أَصِيْرَ إِلَى الفَلَاحِ meaning, 'One was turned towards his object of suc- cess and made to move towards it. ' Thus, according to this meaning, a believer's adoption of humility in his Prayer is the first movement towards achieving his objective, an act that involves the abandonment of pride and conceit. The attainment of the objective of success thereby 1. Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:3 [Publisher] 2. The reference is to the opening verses of Sūrah al-Mu'minūn, the twenty-third chapter of the Holy Quran. [Publisher] 3. 'Surely, success does come to the believers, who are humble in their Prayers' (Surah al-Mu'minūn, 23:2-3). [Publisher]