Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 314
Covenants, their Different Categories, Punishments and Rewards 307 lest the people should complain of not having been forewarned. The breach of contracts always deprives people of being guided to the right path. This verse equally applies to all ulema who turn their religion into a source of income. They are liable to make grave errors of judgement when their personal gain is at stake. Religious values are most often sacrificed at the cost of their prime object i. e. the earning of their livelihood. The main source of livelihood of a great majority of the Indo-Pakistan ulema is based on whatever is doled out to them by their government of common people. It is a great trial for them to clearly quote the Quranic verses against the distorted common beliefs. The same was the case of the village ulema who had to survive on a piece of bread or two given to them by the landlords of the village. But it is not just a matter of livelihood, many among these so- called religious leaders have an unlimited craving for amassing wealth. No matter what they get, the hell of their avarice can never be satiated. When such is the state of affairs and their degradation sinks to rock bottom, they no longer care for truth. When, for the reformation of such as them, a Prophet or Reformer is raised by God, they turn his rejection into another means of earning wealth. The louder they cry against him, the more popular they become among the masses and the governments of the time. The Holy Quran describes this transgressive attitude, which is confined to no limits, in the following verse: