Man and God

Earning Divine Reward deal with people other than those mentioned above, whose feelings they do not feel the need to consider in the same way. On such occasions, the very same person who a short while ago seemed the epitome of good manners turns out to be very ill-mannered. He does not bother to greet someone he feels he does not need to flatter or fear. He won’t ever invite him to his home. He won’t ever rush to his help. He won’t think twice about losing his temper with him even for the slightest excuse. He doesn’t feel the need to consider his feelings. The man who shows himself to be very well-mannered for the sake of his own worldly benefits exposes himself as foul-mannered in a situation where he does not see any worldly benefit for himself being involved. Such ‘good-manners’ and ‘humaneness’ have no value whatsoever in God’s eyes. No matter how much of these ‘virtues’ you possess, they will not save you from God’s wrath. Only those actions have value that are undertaken to win God’s pleasure and to secure one salvation in the Hereafter. Actions that are performed in order to improve one’s worldly fortunes will not be rewarded by God. God will say to such people that whatever they did was just for their worldly pleasure, that they have already received the recompense for those deeds in the world, and that in the Hereafter they will get nothing for them. Earning Divine Reward P eople whom God has blessed with money generally pay their employees and subordinate workers only the regular salary or payment. On the other hand, they very happily donate large amounts of money to conferences, relief funds and big institutions. If you ask them why they do this, they will reply,