Islam As It Is
The Hereafter
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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 duty-
bound 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 shock-
absorbers. It is because the lorry has no shock ab-
sorbers 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
