FROM THE SPIRITUAL TREE

but banks will not accept them. So too, in the next world it will not be possible to make lies appear true, and injustice appear like justice. In the next world, words will refuse to take on false meanings. No one will be able to call injustice ‘justice’ or disguise falsehood as truth. The difference between the outward and the inward will disappear. One will only be able to express what is in one’s heart. People will appear exactly as they were in relation to reality, rather than in the manner which they used to contrive in front of others. If people can convince others, then they are sure that they have been proved right. But, in fact, true righteousness is only what God proclaims as righteousness. Falsehood will be exposed. This abovequoted verse, then, refers not only to hypocritical prostration, it also gives an indication of the outcome facing both individuals and nations in the Hereafter. o Focusing on the Goal Man has to be so engrossed in his work that everything else pales into insignificance beside it. Unless everything else loses its interest for him, he cannot climb to any great heights of success. In the next world, words will refuse to take on false meanings. No one will be able to call injustice justice or disguise falsehood as truth.