Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 22
22 domestic life of the Vicegerent of Allah. For the greatest, most commendable quality of any man stands proven if his relationship with the members of his household are most exemplary in nature and when his home becomes a paradise owing to his effective management of affairs and good morals. The greatest evidence of this is seen in homes where hearts are free from pain and anguish, where factors and causes resulting in grief, resentment, malice and jealousy are nowhere to be found. In the Book of God Almighty, which is full of wisdom, it is stated: 2 ِ عَاشِرُوْھُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوْف Consort with them in kindness. The practical example of this Book of Wisdom was our Chief and Master, a mercy for all the worlds, the Holy Prophet sa who states: ِ َھْلِہ ِ ُم ْ ل ک ُ ُم ْ خَيْر ک ُ خَيْر Meaning, the most superior of you, and the one who is full of goodness and blessing, is the one whose treat- ment in the home reflects goodness and blessing. It has been a period of some fifteen years since His Holiness as once again undertook the heavy but deli- cate responsibility of domestic life. During this time, never once has there been an instance when flames of 2 an-Nisa , 4:20