Blessings of Khilafat — Page 174
174 That is, O Prophet, who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, how can you be like that blind person who does not consider it to be true? Only those truly benefit from Our words who are gifted with understanding—that is, those who are filled with wisdom and insight. They fulfil their covenants with Allah and do not break them. They follow what God commands them to do and fear their Lord. They dread the evil reckoning. They persevere in seeking the pleasure of their Lord, observe prayer and spend out of what they have been given, secretly and openly. They exert to repel evil with good, and spread goodness. It is these who shall have the best reward in the paradise. Their abode there will be everlasting. They are blessed with such a high spiritual station that their reward will not be confined to them. Many of their relatives who might not have been able to do enough good [in this world] will be elevated in rank due to them. Their relatives will be provided an abode where they themselves will be. This will happen because they tried to make the people righteous and made efforts to bring them to the right path. In return for what they did,