A FOOL'S PARADISE

unendingly compile lists of others’ wrongdoings. What will become of them when they learn that all mistakes they have made have been observed by the angels of God, and that they will be confronted with the entire list on the day of reckoning? People consider that the problems of this life are the real problems. What will be their state when they learn that the real problem is that of accountability after death and leading on to an eternal life, far from this ephemeral life? True virtue lies in being kind to the weak. People have set up their own standards about what is right and what is wrong and, when they measure up to their self-devised standards, they think they are in the right. How shocked they will be when they learn that only those were in the right, who lived up to the standard set by God! People think that they are fortunate when they are welcomed by a host of people. But what will happen when they will find that only those are fortunate, who are to be welcomed by God and his angels? Man is living in a fool’s paradise of his own making, but the resurrection will shatter all his dreams. Then, only those who take refuge in God’s mercy will be saved. Self-control Not descending to intolerant behaviour, in spite of facing unpleasant situations, is a clear proof of self-control. One who has this ability becomes so strengthened by it that no one can defeat him.