The Advent of the Promised Messiah — Page 33
33 The fact is that those who are punished for speaking the truth are not penalised because they have adhered to honesty; rather, they are punished on account of certain other hidden vices or for having lied at some other occasion. God Almighty knows of countless other sins and vices committed by such people. Their wrongdoings are many and it is on account of one or the other that they are punished. One of my teachers, Gul Ali Shah resided in Batala and also used to teach Partab Singh, the son of Sher Singh. He states that on one occasion Sher Singh beat his cook severely only on account of using an excess of salt and pepper. Since Gul Ali Shah was a simple person, he protested to Sher Singh that he had ill-treated the cook. Sher Singh replied, ‘Maulvi Ji is unaware that this man has stolen one hundred goats from me. ’ Similarly, man indulges in a plethora of evil deeds, but he is caught on a particular occasion and then punished. 1 A person who speaks the truth can never be disgraced for he basks in the protection of God Almighty. There is no fortress or citadel more secure than the protection 1 Badr states, ‘Man sins on a certain occasion and is caught on another. ’ ( Badr, Volume 2, No. 6, dated 9 February 1906, p. 3)