Life Supreme — Page 46
LIFE SUPREME 'Do not destroy the beauty of your soul by anger and revenge. (Zoroastrian Teachings) 'Try to suppress anger for the harm it does is irrepairable. ' (Hazrat Ali) 49. Every spiritual traveller is well advised to make earnest and constant effort in suppression of unwarranted anger. An angry person is liable to say or do things which he will regret later. Bitter and harsh words leave an indellible impression on the minds of others. They snap the bonds of human relationships. An outburst of anger has estranged friends, husbands and wives, parents and children. An irritable person irritates himself as well as everyone else. He is suffering from rancorous fever. The Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, has stressed the virtue of calmness and patience thus: "Two draughts are more acceptable to God than all other ones. One of anger swallowed with calmness and the other calamity borne with patience. ' be. SUSPICION. Suspicion leads to a great deal of misunderstanding because more often than not it is wrong or inaccurate. It causes one person to misjudge another, often resulting in ill-feeling of one kind or another. Illfeeling is rancour. It is no friend of virtue and an enemy to good relations and happiness. "O ye who believe, avoid frequent suspicions; for suspicion in some cases is a sin. ' (49:13). Suspicion is the poison of true friendship. ' (Augustine). One should handle all rumours with the utmost caution and be extremely careful in the matter of voicing one's own suspicions about other persons. . NO RANCOUR IN PARADISE. A heart free from rancour is a blessing from heaven. It is a condition of bliss for in this world. Even the righteous are constantly grappling with this enemy-some more successfully than others; but in paradise they will be completely immune from its influence: 'Verily the righteous will be placed amidst gardens and fountains. . Enter therein with peace and safety. And We shall remove whatever of rancour may be in their breasts so that they will become as brothers seated on thrones facing one another. ' (15:45-48)