Elucidation of Objectives — Page 70
Tau di h-e-Mar a m 70 tively. The elite of God partake of Divine bounties to an extraordinary degree. The rest of the world shares this grace the way a poor beggar who happens to have a penny could be considered to share the coffers of a reigning monarch. It is evident that this minuscule participation in ownership does not in any way detract from the royal splendour, nor for that matter does it elevate the beggar's position. A little reflection will show that the glow-worm also known as Pat B i jna and Jugn u , too, has a kind of infinitesimal resemblance with the Sun, but can it ever claim any share of the Sun's glory because of this resemblance? Let it be understood that all excellences require a high degree of perfection in quality as well as quantity. A novice by learning to identify letters in alphabetical order does not become a scholar of repute; nor can one who chances to compose a poetic line be considered equal to the great poets. No part of wisdom or authority is without this micro- scopic commonality. If a ruler rules over the world, so does a labourer in his cottage rule over his wife and children. As to why God allowed this commonality of experience between the good and the bad, and why at all did He favour the indifferent with this heavenly bounty as a specimen, the answer is that He did so as a countermeasure and clincher of an argument, so that because of this genetic affinity every sceptic should be able to testify to the noble condition of the elect of God.