Way of The Seekers — Page 81
81 THE language. But let them remember, the Promised Messiah (on him be peace) was a divinely commissioned magistrate or arbitrator. It was his station, to which he was appointed by God, to tell people their true worth. We do not have that station and prerogative. For others, being harsh is a sign of inner weakness. It might give temporary pleasure to some but when future generations read and judge our words cool-mindedly, they will lament our using those words for they will no longer be angry. They will not have before them the offensive writings of our opponents. Instead they will have the shame and mortification to seek to hide such books and writings as contain this kind of language. 11 Inhospitality: Lack of the sense of hospitality is a national evil. 12 Deception: To practice deception and fraud in business is also a national evil. Here again, Huzoor interrupted his discourse and observed: Tradition says that on one occasion the Holy Prophet (on him be peace) was delivering his sermon when the companions started asking question after question. This displeased the Holy Prophet (peace be on him) and he said he would stop the sermon; and asked them to go ahead putting as many questions as they wanted and that he would continue answering till the Day of Judgment. I find myself in a similar situation. The long line of ques- tions which are being asked during the address, is unending. Would you like me to stop the lecture and go on answering the questions? I have hardly completed the 35th page of my notes on this subject. Twenty five pages of notes still remain to be dealt with. If I were to start answering each and every question, do you think the lecture will ever be finished? Resuming, he proceeded: As I was saying, fraud in business is a national vice for it destroys the credit of a nation. When I last visited Kashmir, I