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232 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad righteousness has become very clear. ” The Promised Messiah as said: “The entire workings of a person’s health and faith is in the hand of God. ” The Use of Stern Words in Writing An individual mentioned that someone raised an objection and said that Maulvi Abdul-Karim Sahib was harsh in something he had written. The Promised Messiah as said: “There is an appropriate time for everything. If someone saw a cleric commit fornication in the mosque, the one who witnessed this sight would definitely say that he was a vile man who dishonours the Faith. An individual, however, who cannot determine the appropriateness of time and place, is misled. If there were someone, for example, who for no reason whatsoever, forges lies, slanders and uses abusive language, not once, not twice, not thrice, but again and again, would it be unwarranted to refer to such a person as shameless? What is a man who does not possess indignation for the Holy Quran? God has not cre- ated anger in vain; its improper use makes it unlawful. Someone asked Hazrat Umar ra : ‘When you were a disbeliever, you were a very hot-tempered man. What is the state of your anger now?’ He responded: ‘My anger is the same as before, but before it was unbridled, now it has been channelled in the right direction. ’ Otherwise, the objection would fall upon the Maker, as to why He created the faculty of anger. In actuality, no faculty is bad in itself, improper use makes it bad. The Holy Quran does not instruct us, like the Gospel, to suffer beatings for no reason. Our divine law teaches us to consider the occasion at hand. If softness is required, then turn to dust, and if stern measures are required, then be firm. Where forgiveness fosters virtue, show forgiveness. If a good and modest serv- ant commits a mistake, then forgive them. There are certain people who possess such shameless dispositions, that if forgiven one day, they will cause double the disorder the following day. These sorts of people require punishment. Practically, however, the Gospel demonstrates a harsh example, where the Messiah called the opponents faithless, serpents, and a brood of vipers. Even God has cursed those who lie and used words of a similar nature. ” Two Examples of a Believer The Promised Messiah as said: “The Holy Quran has presented two examples of p. 212