The Honour of Prophets — Page 20
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 20 him some good while the other belongs to a mere stran ger, the thief, despite being so impure of nature, would never deliberately leave the stranger’s house and rob his friend’s house instead. Let alone human beings, even animals and savage beasts display this quality and do not attack the one who is kind to them. In this respect, a dog’s nature and behaviour is well known to human experience in that it obeys the one who is benevolent to it. So there is no doubt that kindness fosters love and it is evident that beauty also rouses love, for there is pleas ure in observing beauty and man is naturally attracted towards that which is pleasing. Moreover, beauty does not imply physical features alone such as the eyes, nose, forehead and complexion. In fact, what beauty refers to is the merit, excellence and fineness inherent in the very nature of things, which are of such a degree that they command an allure on account of utmost symmetry and matchlessness. So, all such qualities which human nature views with admiration are included in ‘beauty’ and the heart of man is drawn towards them. For example, if there were a brave and renowned wrestler whom none could match—not only that, but if he could fight lions with his bare hands and were able to defeat a thousand men in the field of battle with his might and valour; and if he could emerge unharmed from the siege of a