The Good Life
The Good Life
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THE GOOD LIFE
God enjoins justice, kindness and charity to one’s
kindred, and forbids indecency, abomination and
oppression. He admonishes you so that you may
take heed. Keep faith with God when you make a
covenant with Him. Do not break your oaths after
having confirmed them and having called upon
God to be your surety. God has knowledge of all
your actions. Do not, like the woman who unravels
the thread which she has firmly spun, take oaths
with mutual deceit and break them on finding
yourselves superior to others in numbers. In this
God puts you to the proof. On the Day of
Resurrection He will make clear to you that over
which you are at variance. Had God willed, He
would have united you into one community. But
He leaves in error whom He wills and guides
whom He wills. You shall be questioned about your
actions. Do not take oaths to deceive each other, lest
your foot should slip after it has stood firm, and lest
evil should befall you for debarring others from the
path of God, and lest there should await you a
mighty punishment.
