Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 547
18 May 1908 547 in the context of human relations, cannot be applied to God at all, nor is its meaning and purport truly befitting for God. Man has the attributes of love and anger, but the connotation that comes to our mind when using them in the human con- text cannot be applicable to God at all. This is a mistake. It has been ingrained in human nature that when he loves someone, he suffers grief by separation from that person. A mother loves her child and what a shock she receives and how much pain and grief she suffers if her child gets separated from her. Similarly, when a person is angry with someone, he expe- riences its shock and impact initially within himself, as if he is punishing his own self at the same time as he punishes the other person. Anger is a suffering that has its impact first on the person himself. A kind of bitterness is created in the mind sup- planting peace and tranquillity. However, God is immune from all this. Therefore, it can be clearly concluded from this that the way we use these words for man and the meaning it holds in human relations, cannot be used for God nor can they be true for Him. Therefore, I do not like these words. This application has been created by those who perceive God to be like a human being. God is Holy. The bond with Him is ever on the increase when one acts in compliance with His will. The words of love and anger can be used for God but only in the metaphoric sense. It should be understood that this world is an elaborate operation for the management of which God Almighty has appointed the current organizational structure out of His per- fect wisdom, and it is operating under this system. However, such words are not truly applicable to this system. The word love has a connotation of suffering and tenderness. If it is assumed that God is love and He has the attribute of anger as well (with human experience as reference), we would have to assume at the same time that God, too, experiences some kind