Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 24
24 that the pure nature of His Holiness as is free in all respects from any satanic influence in this regard. When I judge myself and look at many others, I can say that it is this very tendency to object, criticise, carp, and to be easily vexed, which has disturbed the com- fort and delight of many. Every individual who is rid- dled with such a disposition (and few and far between are those who are unsullied by this defect) can feel the instant effect of this consuming fire and every such indi- vidual can attest to the fact that ultimately it is this very nature which is the fundamental core of all ill morals. There is nothing more devastating for the rights owed to God and His creation. In the end, it is this very bitter disposition of man which has turned the world into a house of resentment and a house of grief. Therefore, in His Book of Wisdom, where God Almighty has estab- lished that the next life is a house of peace and a house of delight, and where He illustrates its beautiful joys and comforts in comparison to the present world, He describes it in words that could not be better chosen: 3 َ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِيْن صُدُوْرِهِمْ مِّنْ غِلٍّ اِخْوَانًا فِي مَا وَنَزَعْنَا And We shall remove whatever of rancour may be in their breasts so that they will become as brothers seated on thrones, facing one another. This means that in paradise, the very faculty shall be 3 al-Hijr , 15:48