True Justice and Peace — Page 19
19 like kindred) and that is, that whatever good deed you do for your brother, or whatever good you do for man- kind should not be considered as a favour in any way. Rather, it should be done simply owing to one’s natural urge and without any ulterior motive (whatever deed you carry out should be done without thinking that you are doing a favour to someone. It should be done without such a thought). It should be done in a man- ner that is similar to when a relative acts good towards another relative on account of his close relation. This is the ultimate stage of moral development, whereby one shows sympathy to the creation but without any per- sonal interest, or motive. In fact, the passion one has for his brother or close one develops to such a high degree that he naturally does the deed, without any reason, or any kind of gratitude, prayer or its end result. [12] Thus unless one develops an understanding of ful- filling both these rights, the claims of establishing jus- tice and equality will simply remain as mere claims. Man-made laws do not exceed beyond ‘ Adl [justice] and the world thinks that by establishing ‘ Adl [justice] they have overcome all stages for the establishment of peace and have thus acquired all that which they set out to acquire; however injustices still exist here as well. The requisites of ‘ Adl [justice] cannot be fulfilled