Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 563
Miscellaneous Notes 563 (1) Faith is the seed; (2) Righteous deeds are the rain; and (3) Striving— physical and spiritual—are the plough, the self that reproaches itself being the disciplined ox, and the Shariah being the stick that drives it—the harvest growing therefrom being Eternal Life. An outcast is one who is devoid of righteous qualities, because it is the righteous qualities of a person that constitute his personality. There are very few who understand the inner promptings of their hearts. Things in which they perceive their prosperity are not really the means to prosperity. He who does not counter evil with evil, but forgives, is undoubt- edly worthy of praise. But even more praiseworthy is he who is not constrained by forgiveness or retribution, but abides by God and does what is appropriate for the occasion, because God, too, treats everyone commensurate with his condition. He punishes the one who deserves to be punished and forgives one who deserves forgiveness. 1 اُؤٰٓزَج ٍةَئِّيَس ٌةَئِّيَس اَهُلْثِّم١ۚ ْنَمَف اَفَع َو َحَلْصَا ٗهُرْجَاَف ىَلَع ِهّٰللا Two groups are plentiful in the world. One is those who like justice, and the second is those who favour benevolence. And the third group is those who are so overwhelmed by true sympathy that they are no longer bound by the norms of justice or benevolence. Rather, guided by true sympathy, they act as is appropriate for the occasion. This is just like a mother’s treatment of her child, who gives sweet and delicious food to him, but when necessary gives him bitter medicine, too, and in both conditions her… 1. The recompense of an injury is an injury the like therefore; but whoso for- gives and his act brings about reformation, his reward is with Allah ( S u rah ash-Sh u r a , 42:41). [Publisher]