Refutation of the Doctrine of Transmigration — Page 30
M AU L M AU L A A N N A A H AK E E M NO OR-U D -DE E N H AK E E M NO OR-U D -DE E N R A R A 30 leads him to Hell. The second part of this statement is also true because Rajahs and Maharajahs are often engaged in cruelty and transgression. They fail to dispense absolute justice. Besides, they remain engrossed in the curses like lavishness and extravagance. An experienced man like me can testify that the second part of the statement is often true. I see a veritable hell in them in the form of syphilis, gonorrhoea, Hailey-Hailey disease, venereal disease, gastric trouble, measles, etc. Egyptians have given an apt name, al- H ajar al-Jahannami [the stone of hell], to silver nitrate. Whenever I use it for the wounds of syphilis, I realize the appro - priateness of that name as an inexperienced or ignorant person may never understand. Thirty-Second Answer— I agree that comfort and discom - fort are the fruit of deeds, but why can we not say that these deeds pertain to this world and this very life cycle. In fact, it is better to call them fruits because using the term recompense would imply that the recipient should know and remember the underlying cause resulting in reward or punishment. But for the ‘fruits’, the knowl - edge and remembrance of causes are not essential. Moreover, we may not remember the causes and reasons. Even the believers of transmigration hold that such remembrance is not essential. So far as the issue of which deeds caused the suffering or reward of the child, I would, for now, submit two answers: Firstly , deeds are of two types. Deeds of the first type are such that for bearing the fruit or reward thereof, the doer or the worker may not necessarily be rational, mature, sensible, and a deliberate transgressor of the laws of nature. Take, for example, the case of a juvenile boy who puts his hand into a fire, or is made to drink