Hadrat-e-Aqdas Mawlana Mahmud al-Hasan Gangohi (NawarAllahu Marqaduhu) says while


making tafsir (exegesis/explanation/commentary) of a Qur’anic verse:


“Allah (swt) has sent his Messenger (saws) as the ideal for the people and has asked them to


take him as an exemplar (model). We (Allah) want only that kind of life (from the people) that the


Prophet (saws) lived. It is Our (Allah’s) will that everyone follows his footsteps and accepts his


way. The people will become dearer to Us (Allah) to the extent that they follow his way and


example.”


(Translated from the book, “Ittiba’-e-Sunnat” by Haji Shakil Ahmad (db). Any mistakes are mine.)