Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 283
27 December 1905 283 Hence, ریت ںی رگ ظفح رمابت ہن ینک زدن� —[If you disregard people’s rank and station in life, then you are faithless]. Explanation of Morals Therefore, morals on the right occasion make one a believer, but on the wrong occasion, make one a k a fir [disbeliever]. I have already said that no moral is evil, but it becomes evil through improper use. It is narrated concerning the anger of Hadrat ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that someone said to him that he used to be very angry before Islam. Hadrat ‘Umar ra replied that his anger is the same; before, it used to be exercised improperly, but now it is employed on the proper occasion. Islam teaches the use of every faculty at its proper place. So do not ever try to let your faculties deteriorate, but learn to use them properly. A Comparison of the Moral Teachings of the Holy Quran and the Gospel These are all false and fictitious doctrines that claim that our teaching is to turn the other cheek upon getting slapped. It is possible that at that time, this teaching was like a law specific to that place and that time, but this law could never be for all times, nor could it function because man is like a tree whose branches are spread all around. If only a single branch is attended to, the rest of the branches will be destroyed and ruined. The flaw in this teaching of the Christian religion is very obvious. How can this develop and foster all the faculties of man? If only forgiveness was a good thing, why is the ability for revenge placed among man’s faculties? Moreover, why is this