A Present to Kings — Page 26
( 26 ) and higher and attain a lofty station, and those whose evil deeds will preponderate will sink ever deeper and enter hell, so even those whose evil deeds will weigh extremely heavy will have the scale of their good deeds lifted very high and the opposite scale containing their selves will fall into Asfalas safilin. . In short, in the above tradition God has explained that the acts of declaring His holiness, extolling His praise and proclaiming His greatness are such plentiful producers of beneficial fruits that the balance for measuring the actions of the man is heavily swayed by them and his rank is elevated. The حبيبتان الى الرحمن reason for this has been stated in the words. An meaning that these Kalemus are producers of such plenteous rewards because they are pleasing to the Rahman. ignorant man might think that the word 'Rahman' has been introduced merely for the sake of rhyme. Such an opinion would be grossly unfair to the great man not one of whose words is vain or useless. The word 'Rahman' has not been used in the tradition for the sake of rhyme, rather it has very grave significance. In these words the Holy. Prophet (peace and blessings of God be on him) has explained the reason سبحان الله of the heariness of the Kalemas to the effect that the reward for و بحمده سبحان الله العظيم them does not appertain to the attribute of Rahimiyat' alone, but also follows from the attribute of " Rahmaniyat," because the Kalemas have the power to attract the latter attribute of the. Almighty God. . It should be remembered that by God's attribute of. Rahmaniyat is meant that attribute by which favours are bestowed upon man without any toil or trouble on his part, and by Rahimiyat is meant that attribute which descends upon man in reward for some action of his. And since human actions are finite, their rewards, however liberal they may be, must after all be finite, and so it appears from the Holy Qur-an and the traditions that the rewards of good deeds are received ten-fold, seventy-fold and even seven hundred-fold or even in still larger measure. But nevertheless the reward is propor-