Ittiba'-e-Sunnat.

Al Salamu ‘Alaykum.

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.)