So Said The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 123
When God punishes somebody for his mischief, slightly, what He really means is that the man who is being cruel to hi,rnself should realise the consequences of his mischief and fear God and turn to Hirn. I have placed this matter before my Jarnaat repeatedly and I should like to place it before you also that when a man does something, God also does some- thing (as a result of the man's action). For example if we take poison in a big quantity, we will die. Taking the pofson IS an act that we have perpetrated and the act of God is that we have died. Or, if we close all the windows of our house, this will be our act; of God-as a result of this-will be that the house will become dark. This is the law of God-actions of men and the results produced by God-which is operative in the world. Just as this law applies to the physical world so it also applies to the spiritual world and this is the law which is essential to understand the law of punishment. Briefly, it is this that whatever our action, good or bad, it produces some effect which takes plac~ after we have done the deed. (Malfoozat, Vol. III, p. 22) KEEP THE DOORS OPEN Just as when somebody shuts the doors of his house he is deprived of the light as well as of the life-giving air, or if he takes poison, his life comes to an end, when a man cuts himself. off from God and commits sin, he is covered by a darkness and thus gets himself involved in the punishment. Gunah (sin) was really Junah which means to get away from the pivotal point {the centre). When man gets away from God and does not stand in front of the light of God the light which comes from God and descends on the hearts of the people he gets himself engrossed in darkness which ultimately becomes a chastisement for him. Whatever the type of evasion, same is the type of the punishment. But if the man wants to come back to the same Central point and takes himself to the 123