THE HEREAFTER

The Hereafter ~ 79 ~ thoughts of personal position and prestige, and acknowledge the truth, no matter how painfully humiliating. Sometimes there is an urge to have one’s revenge, at such moments, a believer is dutybound to suppress this urge and to act in a manner which is in total consonance with the principles of justice and the sentiment of good-will. If one is riding in a lorry, one cannot avoid experiencing a series of jolts as the lorry bounces along. A luxury car, on the other hand, no matter how fast it is travelling, gives its passengers a smooth, comfortable journey, thanks to its shockabsorbers. It is because the lorry has no shock absorbers of this type that it passes on all the jolts to its passengers. A man who does not fear God is like that lorry. Unable to bear his own psychological jolts, he passes them on to others. One who fears God, however, absorbs the jolts himself, thus preventing others from being disturbed by their impact. Living on this earth amongst other human beings, one is bound to have unpleasant experiences from time to time. The man who patiently acts as a buffer to these shocks, thus preventing others from suffering their impact, is a