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SPIRITUAL LIGHT.
"There are rewards for benefiting every animal having a moist liver ( i. e. every one alive) Sayings of Mahomed.
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Mr. Abdullah Suhrawardy adds the following as an explanatory note to the above passages.
"In the Kuran animal life stands on the same footing as human life in the sight of God. There is no beast on earth' says the Kuran, nor bird which flieth with wings, but the same is a people like unto you (Mankind )-unto the Lord they shall return. (Key of Knowledge.)
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It means you should refrain from meat-eating. Similar are the words of the Emperor Akbar against this wicked practice. Even the poet Sadi recommends non-injury to all living creatures. "Do not injure the ant which is a carrier of grain
For it has life, and life is dear to all.
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Even in the Bible, it is said " And God said,
'Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the Earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree, yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. (Genesis)
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"He shall have judgment without mercy that hath showed no mercy. "Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.
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The sixth commandment of the Bible forbids the killing of animals. In one of the educational institutions of Moscow, a girl, being asked whether Himsa
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