Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 514
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 514 1 اُؤٰٓزَج ٍةَئِّيَس ٌةَئِّيَس اَهُلْثِّم١ۚ ْنَمَف اَفَع َو َحَلْصَا ٗهُرْجَاَف ىَلَع ِهّٰللا اُؤٰٓزَج ٍةَئِّيَس ٌةَئِّيَس اَهُلْثِّم١ۚ ْنَمَف اَفَع َو َحَلْصَا ٗهُرْجَاَف ىَلَع ِهّٰللا meaning that, recompense for an evil is permissible to the extent of the evil committed, but if one pardons, and reforma- tion is the objective of the pardon and the forgiveness is not out of place or occasion, then there is reward for him who thus forgives, which he will receive from God. Just look, what a pure and pristine teaching this is! There is no exaggeration and there is no deficiency. Retribution is per- mitted but it also holds out the enticement for forgiveness so long as the prerequisite of reformation is present. This is the third option presented to the world by the Holy Quran. Now, it behoves a fair-minded person to compare and contrast these teachings and decide for himself which teaching is in conform- ity with human nature and which one is repulsed by the right- eous mind and conscience. In Judaism, a father would charge his son or grandson to take his revenge. Thus, at times the son or the grandson would take the revenge for his father or grandfather. In short, the reg- ulations of the Torah were extremely violent. And as for the New Testament, those who boast about its moral teaching do not realize that, in the first place, that teach- ing is so defective and, because of it being specific to a time and a people, there exists no need for it today; nor does it deserve to be called a moral teaching in this day and age. And even if it is accepted as such, there is no one who can be seen practic- ing this teaching. Those who are enamoured by this teaching should at least present a practical example. In reality, as the expression goes, ‘We are dealing with elephant teeth here; one set for display and another to eat with. ’ Divine philosophy is totally different from it. Man is like a tree with many branches. 1. S u rah ash - Sh ura , 42:41 [Publisher]