Dr. Ashraf Chowdhury
M.A. Ph.D [on Gita & Koran]
[
National Awardee & achieved twice International Excellence on theology
& English literature by the University of Western Australia on 14th July,
2010; and 22nd October, 2010 ]
The True Way of
SALVATION
in the Bible
in Support of
Koran and Gita
(
D. Litt. Thesis-Book on Bible
in
support of Koran and Gita)
(Preface & Synopsis)
In this dissertation here I draw a new light to show that most of
the people of Christian world or of the followers of other Scriptures think
that the theoretical knowledge that we find in the Bible and other Scriptures
is sufficient to show the real path of salvation. But it is their wrong
impression. The theoretical knowledge which we gain from the Bible and other
Scriptures is not sufficient to show us the practical existence of God by our
feeling. And if we cannot feel the real existence of God, how shall we
practically feel the nature of God? And how shall we feel what a great furious
God is on man in case of his evil deed or sin! If we cannot practically see or
feel God’s violent rage on us for our evil deed or sin, how a sense of fear for
the punishment of God shall grow in our heart? And if we cannot grow a fear of
God in our heart, how shall we free ourselves from sin to rectify our soul?
This is why we should have an urgent need to practically feel the real
existence of God. And for this we should earn spiritual feeling. And this
spiritual feeling comes out of constant meditation for a few days on the name
of God. Thus whenever we gain spiritual feeling, we practically appreciate the
existence of God. And this spiritual feeling is nothing but spiritual
knowledge. And we should always know that this spiritual feeling or knowledge
is the practical knowledge, that is, practicability of the Bible or other
Scriptures. So without practical knowledge of the Bible or other Scriptures we
cannot grow a sense of full fear of God to be free from sin to purify our soul
to have salvation. As Dr. Ashraf Chowdhury says in a couplet of his 2nd Part of
Core of Conscience :
“ Spiritual feeling comes out of
Constant call on the name of God.”
But here is one word: if
we read the Bible or other Scriptures regularly and see the description of the
punishment of Hell, can we not grow a sense of fear of God in our heart that
can keep us far from sin? It will something help us to grow a sense of fear in
our heart. But it is not sufficient to fully remove us from evil doing or sin
due to want of its practical knowledge. So this theoretical knowledge of the
Bible or other Scriptures is insufficient to wholly
purify our soul to have salvation. It is like this : suppose, we describe about
the ferocity of a tiger to a child of seven years old, who did not practically
see the real living figure or existence of a tiger, to grow a sense of fear of
tiger in his heart. Hearing this fearful description somewhat sense of fear of
tiger will grow in his heart, no doubt. But this fear is not so much as one who
practically saw with his own eye the furious nature of a tiger. So to grow a
full fear of tiger we take him with us to a zoo to practically make him
appreciate the real ferocity of a tiger. Thus whenever we suddenly prick on the
back of a tiger, in its cage, at the very moment the tiger jumps up with its
furious nature in its cage to attack us. At once the boy becomes too much dread
at the sight of this ferocious motive. Thus a sense of full fear of the
ferocity of a tiger is grown in the heart of this child by this practical way.
And so this is the practicability of the theoretical description of the
ferocity of a tiger to grow a sense of full fear of tiger in the heart of a
boy. So it is in case of theoretical knowledge of the Bible or other
Scriptures to grow a sense of fear of God to be free from sin to purify our
soul to have salvation beside the way of its practicability that comes
practically out of constant meditation on the name of God. This is why it is
said in 10 line of Proverbs 18 in the Old Testament of the Bible: (10) “The
name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”
How
the name of Lord can be a strong tower to save one from sin! It indicates
spiritual feeling, that is, spiritual practical knowledge that comes out of
constant meditation on the name of God breath by breath for a few days. And
this spiritual feeling that comes out of God’s name is like a strong tower to
free one from doing evil deed or sin and thus he is saved from the punishment
of Hell. Again we see this in the 1st line of Psalm 54 of the Old Testament of
the Bible: (1) “Save me, O God, by your name,” ...
We
see the same truth in 45 line of Sura Ankabut (The Spider) No. 29 in the 2Ist
Part of the Koran: (45) “Recite the portions of the Book which have been
revealed to thee (Mohammad) and discharge the duty of prayer: for prayer
restraineth from the filthy and the blame-worthy. And the gravest duty is the
remembrance of God; and God knoweth what ye do.”
[Translated by J.
M. Rodwell ]
Here remembrance of God
indicates remembrance of the name of God, that is,
constant meditation on the name of God from which is raised suddenly spiritual
feeling for ever in our heart. And this is the greatest way to rectify our soul
to have salvation.
Again
here we see the same truth in verse No. 14 of the 8th Chapter of the Gita, the
Hindu Scripture: (14) “He who constantly meditates on Me, thinking of none
else, by him who is a yogin (devotee) ever disciplined (or united with the
Supreme), I am easily reached.”
[ translated by
S. Radhakrishnan ]
Here
‘constantly meditates on Me’ means, constant meditation on the name of God.
Again
in the same way if we regularly read the description of the blissful abode of
Heaven in the Bible or in other Scriptures, there we will get something hope
in our mind to do good deeds to have Heaven. But it is not so much as we gain
spiritual feeling by constant meditation on the name of God, for then we
practically appreciate the existence of God by this feeling which gives us a
spiritual pleasure to inspire us to do good deeds more and more. For this
reason we should practically appreciate the existence of God. And these are the
practical knowledge of the Bible and other Scriptures, Therefore, both the
theoretical knowledge and spiritual feeling that means, the theoretical and
spiritual knowledge of the Bible or other Scriptures are an urgent need to
fully purify our soul to have salvation. This new light has been focused here
in this thesis work. As concerning this Dr. Ashraf Chowdhury says in a few
couplets of his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ Both theory and practicability of Bible
Need to behold the blissful abode of Eden.”
“ Reading on the Scripture is the theory, and
Meditation on God’s name is practical of it:”
“ Fear of God is the greatest way to
Purify soul to have salvation.”
“ To earn spiritual feeling is to see rage of
God on sin as a boy to see ferocity of a
tiger,”
“ The theory of cultivation ’ll be fulfilled
As it is practically touched with its field.”
“ Theory of Bible gets its full bloom as it
Practically touches God by meditation.”
In the same way when we theoretically see or read about the good
tidings of Heaven in the Bible or in other Scriptures, we are something
inspired to do good deeds with a hope to have Heaven. But it is not so much as
we are inspired to perform good deeds when we practically appreciate the
existence of God and the veracity of Heaven and Hell in return for virtue and
vice, that is, good and evil deeds whenever we earn spiritual feeling by
constant meditation for a few days on the name of God. So the good tidings of
Heaven as a reward of good deed and the threatening voice of Hell as a reward
of evil deed in the Bible is the theory of religion, that is, theoretical
knowledge of the Bible; and the spiritual feeling, that is, spiritual knowledge
that comes out of constant meditation on the name of God is the practicability
of religion, that is, practical knowledge of the Bible. One is the theory of
Bible and other its practicability; one is mouth, other is hand; one is ear,
other is eye; one is word, other is work; one is bud and other is fruit. But if
there is no bud, the tree can never bear fruit. Again if the bud fails to bear
fruit, there is no credit at all, it is no other than fall. Similarly, if the
theory of Bible fails to bear the fruit of spiritual feeling, that is,
spiritual knowledge, it is no other than the fall of conscience, — the fall of
human life, that touches the Hell in lieu of Heaven, for without spiritual
feeling no soul can be fully rectified to have salvation. Therefore, as a way
to have salvation, spiritual feeling, that is, spiritual knowledge is an urgent
need for everyone that comes out of meditation on the name of God. This is why
God repeatedly commands us in the Bible and other Scriptures to sit on constant
meditation on His name until the spiritual feeling is raised in our heart
which can never be demolished from our heart, that means, it wiII last for ever
if it is raised once. And this is the practicability of religion of the Bible
or other Scriptures. Therefore, we can say that reading on the Bible or other
Scriptures and to discharge regular prayer are no other than the theoretical
act of religion in the Bible or other Scriptures, and constant meditation on
the name of God, until the raising of spiritual feeling in heart, is the
practical act of religion in the Bible and other Scriptures without which no
soul can be fully rectified to have salvation to get the reward of Heaven. This
is the living truth — truer than the truest one in the Bible which has been
reflected in this thesis work as a new light. As concerning this Dr. Ashraf
Chowdhury says in a few couplets of his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ Bible is the theoretical and practical
State of Religion to purify soul for Eden.”
“ Scripture is the mingled
state of the
Ear and eye to hear of God and to see God.”
“ O, Bible is a bud of theory to get
Its Fruit of practicability.”
It
is like a theoretical education of cultivation which gets its full development
when it is practically learned in the corn-field.
Its
2nd Part mainly draws the picture of Heaven and Hell that wilI inspire the
readers to purify their soul in one hand and will grow a fear of God in heart
for the punishment of Hell that will push them to purify their soul on the
other to get Heaven, for two kinds of power shall push them towards the same
way of Salvation.
We
have placed the same Synopsis in these two Parts of this book only for the sake
of the benefit of the readers.
Dr.
Ashraf Chowdhury
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The True Way of
SALVATION
in the Bible
in Support of
Koran and Gita
(
D. Litt. Thesis-Book on Bible
in
support of Koran and Gita)
(1st. Part)
We should always know that
Heaven wholly stands on purity of soul. And purity of soul mainly means to earn
the moral quality both of chastity, and liberality, that is, broadness of mind.
That means purity of soul stands on the two pillars, of which one is chastity
and other is liberality. A chaste soul divorced from broadness of mind, that
is, liberality can never be regarded as a pure soul. And in the same way a
liberal soul can never be regarded as a pure one until it earns the moral quality
of chastity, that is, restraint. So both these two moral qualities — chastity
and liberality are an urgent need to make a soul fully pure on which stands
salvation to get Heaven.
As concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in
a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ Paradise is fully on purity of soul
To get perpetual pleasurable life.”
“ Purity of soul is the sum of the two —
One is chastity, other liberality.”
“ Chastity sounds to purify the soul
Both from a mental and physical sin.”
“ A chaste soul far from liberality
Can never be regarded as a pure soul.”
“ A liberal one far from chastity can
Never be called as a man of pure soul.”
“ Ah! both chastity and liberality
Are a wealth of the purity of soul.”
“ Ah! spiritual feeling is the best way to
Purify our soul with broadness of mind.”
“ A man may win spiritual feeling by
Constant call on God within a week.”
“ Purity of soul comes of constant mental
Call on the name of God only for a few days.”
“ O, mosque and church are
made to earn the
Spiritual feeling by call on God’s name.”
[ 40 line of Sura Haj No. 22 : Koran ]
[ 27-30 lines of Matthew 5; 25 line of
Luke 18; 1-8 lines of Corinthians 13; 11-12 lines of 1 John 4; 27 line of James
1; 43-45 lines of Mark 10; 8-10 lines of Romans 13 : New Testament of Bible;
9-10 lines of Sura Shams No. 91; 88-89 lines of Sura Shuara No. 26; 14-15 lines
of Sura Ala No. 87; 11-20 lines of Sura Balad No. 90; 1-7 lines of Sura Maun
No. 107; 1-9 lines of Sura Humaza No. 104; 36-37 lines of Sura Nisa No. 4; 92,
133-134 lines of Sura Al-Imran No. 3; 7-11 lines of Sura Lail No. 92: Koran;
21-22 verses in 16th Chapter, 12 verse in 6th Chapter, 32 verse in 6th Chapter,
14 verse in 8th Chapter : Gita; 45 line of Sura Ankabut No. 29 : Koran; and 10
line of Proverbs 18 : Bible. ]
Now we see what Bible says about the
purity of soul regarding the point of chastity, that is, restraint in 27-30
lines of Matthew 5 in New Testament of Bible : (27) “You have heard that it was
said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ (28) But I tell you that anyone who looks at a
woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (29) If
your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better
for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown
into hell. (30) And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw
it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole
body to go into hell.”
[ from — New International Version of
Bible ]
From this it is clear that nobody shall
save himself from the fire of Hell until and unless he keeps himself free both
from mental and physical sin which are committed by our eye and hand, that is,
lustful look which is thought by mind; and the others are adultery, lewdness,
stealth, robbery etc. which are done by hand.
As concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in
a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ Chastity is to clean soul both from
The blot of mental and physical sin.”
“ O, chastity is to sanctify soul both
From the lustful look and adultery.”
“ O, lustful look leaves behind
Half of adultery to haul Hell.”
“ O! lustful look bears half sin of
Lechery to have the fire of Hell.”
[ 27-30 lines of Matthew
5 : New Testament of Bible; 30-31 lines of Sura Noor
No. 24 : Koran; 21-22 verses in 16th Chapter, and 12 verse in 6th Chapter :
Gita ]
We see the same truth to save ourselves
both from mental and physical sin specially from the lustful look and adultery
in 30-31 lines of Sura Noor (Light) No. 24 in Koran : (30) “Say to the believing
men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty : that will make
for greater purity for them : and Allah is well acquainted with all that they
do. (31) And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and
guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments
except what (ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over
their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their
fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their
brothers or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women, or
the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male attendants free of sexual
desires or small children who have no carnal knowledge of women; and that they
should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden
ornaments. And O ye Believers! trun ye all together towards Allah in repentance
that ye may be successful. (32) Merry those among you who are single, and the
virtuous ones among your slaves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah
will give them means out of His grace: for Allah is Ample-giving, and He
knoweth all things. (33) Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage
keep themselves chaste, until Allah gives them means out of His grace.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
From this it is clear that God commands
both the male and female to cast down their look before them each other to save
themselves from the mental sin of lustful sight to escape from the fire of Hell
as a punishment of mental sin. Again God orders the females so that they never
strike on their feet at the time of walking to draw attention of the male to
their hidden ornaments. From this it may be clear that every man and woman should
be far from hearing the voice of each other that may issue an imaginative
adultery to blot their soul to be fallen in fire of Hell. So we should free
ourselves both from lustful look and lustful hearing and thinking.
Next, God commands us to marry in time
among us who are single; and at the same time also orders to marry among our
male and female servants who are single. Due to want of money if any one among
them is unable to marry in time, in this case God commands him to depend on Him
for His mercy to get money or wealth; but he should be restrained, that is, he
should keep his purity of chastity unless he is married.
For the checking of mental
sin of lustful sight again the Prophet Jesus says in 1-7 lines of 1 Peter 3 in
New Testament of Bible: (1) “Wives, in the same way be submissive to your
husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over
without talk by the behavior of their wives, (2) when they see the purity and reverence
of your lives. (3) Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as
braided hair and the wearing of gold jewellery and fine clothes. (4) Instead,
it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet
spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. (5) For this is the way the
holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves
beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, (6) like Sarah, who
obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what
is right and do not give way to fear. (7) Husbands, in the same way be
considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the
weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that
nothing will hinder your prayers.”
[ from — New International Version of
Bible ]
To control the lustful look, lustful
hearing and adultery Prophet Jesus admits us to marry in time in 2-9 lines of 1
Corinthians 7 in New Testament of Bible.
(2) “But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife
and each woman her own husband. (3) The husband should fulfill his marital duty
to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. (4) The wife’s body does not
belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way the husband’s body
does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. (5) Do not deprive each
other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote
yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you
because of your lack of self-control. (6) I say this as a concession, not as a
command. (7) I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift
from God; one has this gift, another has that.
(8) Now to the unmarried and the widows I
say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. (9) But if they cannot
control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn
with passion.
(10) To the married I give this command
(not I, but the Lord) : A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she
does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a
husband must not divorce his wife.”
[ from — New International Version of
Bible ]
We see the same truth in
187, and 223 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2 in Koran: (187) “Permitted to you on
the night of the fasts, is the approach
to your wives. They are your
garments and ye are their garments. Allah knoweth what ye used to do secretly
among yourselves : but He turned to you and forgave you; so now associate with
them, and seek what Allah hath ordained for you, and eat and drink, until the
white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread; then
complete your fast till the night appears;” ...
Elsewhere God says concerning the free
mixing between husband and wife to spread their generation in 223 line of the
same Sura Bakara No. 2 in Koran: (223) “Your wives are as a tilth unto you, so
approach your tilth when or how ye will; but do some good act for your souls
beforehand; and fear Allah, and know that ye are to meet Him (in the
Hereafter), and give (these) good tidings to those who believe.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
As concerning marriage as an act to
restrain Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience
:
“ O, husband and wife are no other than the
Garment of one another to rectify both.”
[187, 223 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2:
Koran; 2-9 lines of 1 Corinthians 7: New Testament of Bible; and 28 verse in
10th Chapter: Gita. ]
Again we see the same truth in 6-9 lines
of Mark 10 in New Testament of Bible : (6) “But at the beginning of creation
God ‘made them male and female.’ (7) For this reason a man will leave his
father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
So they are no longer two, but one. (9) Therefore what God has joined together,
let man not separate.”
[ from — New International Version of
Bible ]
As concerning marriage as an act of
restraint Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ If there is two in one cloak, — they are
The consorts to chasten each other.”
“ Marriage in youth is first step of Piety
To sanctify both of the husband and wife.”
“ Husband and wife are guide of
Each other to purify the both.”
“ O, if husband and wife deprive one another
From their marital desire, ’ll fall in Hell.”
[ 2-9 lines of 1 Corinthians 7; 6-9 lines
of Mark 10 : New Testament of Bible; 223 line of Sura Bakara No. 2 : Koran; and
28 verse in 10th Chapter : Gita. ]
Here we see the same
truth to spread generation through marriage
in 28 verse in 10th Chapter
of Gita (the Hindu Scripture) : (28) “Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; ... of
the progenitors I am the God of love;”...
[ translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
God commands us in different Scriptures
such as Bible, Koran, Gita etc. to marry in time to produce our children in a
legal way. If we are all unmarried, the whole world will be desolated within a
hundred years. If God does not get man on whom He will make a trial to see his
good or evil to give him Heaven or Hell as a reward of his respective deed. And
as a result the whole view of His creation of Heaven, Hell and world will be in
vein.
As Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in 2nd
Part of Core of Conscience:
“ If all are unmarried, world be desert, and
God’s creation of Heaven or Hell be in vein.”
And on the other hand, we can say that
marriage is an urgent need in time to make us a chaste one. So we can say that
marriage is first platform to restrain our character. After marriage both
husband and wife, by nature, try each other to make them chaste more than
before.
As concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in
a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ O, if God gets no man whom He ’ll test
To give Heaven or Hell on his deed.”
“ Husband and wife are best guide
To make them better than before.”
Now a question may arise regarding the
control of lustful look, lustful hearing, lustful thinking, imaginative
adultery etc. which fall in the category of mental sin. To control these mental
sins first of all we should practically feel the existence of God by earning
spiritual feeling that comes out of ceaseless mental repetition on the name of
God. And it takes time for a few days — nearly a week. A man whenever will get
spiritual feeling; at once he practically appreciates the existence of God. And
at the same time he will practically feel the rigour of the punishment of
mental sin. And then by the prick or pressure of conscience, and for the fear
of the punishment of God for these mental sins, he is bound to cast down his
look specially before young women to keep himself restrained from lustful mental
sin for the fear of Hell.
Our inborn conscience
cannot give us so much strength of mind by which we can control our lustful
look, lustful hearing and lustful thinking. Its range is limited within all
sorts of physical sins; such as adultery, lewdness,
theft, robbery, murder etc. Any one without spiritual feeling may control
himself from all these physical sins if he tries. But he can never control his
mental sins of lustful look, lustful hearing, lustful thinking, or imaginative
adultery until and unless he can earn spiritual feeling by constant mental call
on God’s name.
And this is why God repeatedly commands
us to mentally call on his name in the following successive lines in Old and
New Testament of Bible in 10 line of Proverbs 18 : (10) “The name of the Lord
is a strong, tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”
Again we see this in 1st line of Psalm 54
: (1) “Save me, O God, by your name,”...
Again we see this in 6 line of Psalm 54 :
(6) “I will sacrifice a free will offering to you; I will praise your name, O
Lord, for it is good.”
Again we see this in 9 line of Psalm 79 :
(9) “Help us, O God our Saviour, for the glory of your name; deliver us and
atone for our sins for your name’s sake.”
Again we see this in 12 line of Psalm 86:
(12) “I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your
name for ever.”
Again we see this in 11-13 lines of
Romans 10 : (11) “As the Scripture says, “He who believes in him will not be
disappointed.” (12) For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile — the
same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, (13) for,
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
[ from — New International Version of
Bible ]
As concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in
a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ O, spiritual feeling is of constant mental
Call on name of God to fully purify the soul.”
“ Ah! as spirit is to fully purify soul, so God
Asks us repeatedly to get it by call on God.”
[ 10 line of Proverbs 18; 1,6 lines of
Psalm 54; 9 line of Plalm 79; 12 line of Psalm 86 : Old Testament of Bible;
11-13 lines of Romans 10: New Testament of Bible; 8 line of Sura Muzzammil No.
73 : Koran; and 14 verse in 8th Chapter : Gita ]
We see the same truth in 8 line of Sura
Muzzammil No. 73 in Koran: (8) ...“but keep in remembrance the name of thy
Lord, and devote thyself to Him whole-heartedly.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
Again we see this in 45
line of Sura Ankabut No. 29 in Koran : (45) “Recite what is sent of the Book
(Koran) by inspiration to thee, and
establish regular Prayer :
for Prayer restrains from shameful and evil deeds; and remembrance of Allah is
the greatest (thing in life) without doubt. And Allah knows the (deeds) that ye
do.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
Again we see this in 38 line of Sura
Ha-Mim No. 41 in Koran : (38) “But if the (Unbelievers) are arrogant, (no
matter) : for in the presence of thy Lord are those who celebrate His praises
by night and by day. And they never flag (nor feel themselves above it).”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
Here “who celebrate His praises” means
specially who mentally call on the name of God.
Here is a word — whenever a man can earn
spiritual feeling, that is, spiritual knowledge by constant mental call on the
name of God, by nature, automatically his mental call on God’s name shall be
going on at every breath by breath in or without his knowledge like the act of
our breathing in which we can never feel any uneasiness, that is, then we
forget our freedom on the act of mental call on the name of God as we forget
our act of breathing. As concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet from
his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Man as gets spirit by call on God, his mental
Call on God ’ll go on as breathing save
sense.”
Again we see the same truth in 19-20
lines of Sura Anbiya No. 21 in Koran : (19) “To Him belong all (creatures) in
the heavens and on earth: even those who are with Him are not too proud to
serve Him, nor are they (ever) weary (of His service) : (20) they celebrate His
praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
Here “celebrate His praises” means
specially a mental call on the name of God.
We see the same truth in 52 line of Sura
Hakka No. 69 in Koran: (52) “So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
Again we see this truth in 14-15 lines of
Sura Ala No. 87 in Koran: (14) “But he will prosper who purifies himself, (15)
and remembers the name of his Guardian-Lord, and prays.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
We see the same truth in
130 line of Sura Ta-Ha No. 20 in Koran: (130) “Therefore be patient with what
they say, and celebrate (constantly) the praises of thy Lord, before the rising
of the sun, and before its setting; yea, celebrate then for part of the hours
of the night, and at the sides of
the day : that thou may be
pleased.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
We see the same truth in 39-40 lines of
Sura Kaf No. 50 in Koran: (39) “Bear, then, with patience all that they say,
and celebrate the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun and before
its setting, (40) and during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His praises,
and (so likewise) after the prostration.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
From the above two quotations of the
Koran it is clear that God commands us for nearly twenty-four hours to mentally
call on His name with praise, for save constant mental call on the name of God
we can never get spiritual feeling, that is, spiritual knowledge that only can
purify our soul both from mental and physical sins. And this is why God
repeatedly commands us to mentally call on His name.
We see the same in 41-42 lines of Sura
Ahzab No. 33 in Koran : (41) “O ye who believe! remember Allah, with much
remembrance : (42) and glorify Him morning and evening.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
We see the same in 103 line of Sura Nisa
No. 4 in Koran : (103) “When ye have performed the prayers, remember Allah,
standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides,”...
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
We see the same in 17-18 lines of Sura
Rum No. 30 in Koran : (17) “So glory be to Allah, when ye reach eventide and
when ye rise in the morning; (18) yea, to Him be praise, in the heavens and on
earth; and in the late afternoon and when the day begins to decline.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
We see the same in 74 line of Sura Wakia
No. 56 in Koran : (74) “Then glorify the name of thy Lord, the Supreme!”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
We see the same in 78 line of Sura Rahman
No. 55 in Koran : (78) “Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of Majesty,
Bounty and Honour.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
Here is a word, — by constant mental call
on the name of God we can earn spiritual feeling, that is, spiritual knowledge
to practically know the existence of God that helps us to purify our soul both
from physical and mental sins to get salvation to have the Bliss of Heaven to
enjoy therein a perpetual pleasurable life. And as God’s name is the source of
this great reword of Heaven, so this name of God is an object of blessing.
We see the same in 191
line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 in Koran : (191)
“Men who remember Allah
standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders
of) creation in the heavens and the earth, (with the saying) : “Our Lord not
for naught hast Thou created (all) this! Give us salvation from the
Chastisement of the Fire.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
From this it is also clear that a perfect
devotee of God, that is, who is nearest to God is always absorbed in mental
call on the name of God with the thinking on the whole objects of the creation
of God.
We see the same in 96 line of Sura Wakia
No. 56 in Koran : (96) “So glorify the name of thy Lord, the Supreme.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
]
Again we see this in 40 line of Sura Haj
No. 22 in Koran : (40) ... “they say, “Our Lord is Allah.” Did not Allah check
one set of people by means of another, there would surely have been pulled down
monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allah is
commemorated in abundant measure.”...
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia ]
From this it is clear that churches,
synagogues, mosques, temples etc. are made so that man specially by constant
call on God can there earn spiritual feeling, that is, spiritual knowledge to
know the practical existence of God to fully purify their souls both from
physical and mental sins to get salvation to have Heaven as a reward of their
labour to pass therein a perpetual pleasurable life.
As concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in
a few couplets from his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Spiritual feeling is topmost way to purify
Our soul, comes of constant call on God’s
name.”
“ O, if spiritual feeling is raised once in
Heart, can ne’er be abolished for the life.”
“ O, spiritual feeling purifies soul
Both from physical and mental blot.”
“ O, ’tis a matter of week to earn spiritual
Feeling by aye mental call on God’s name.”
[ 10 line of Proverbs 18 : Old Testament
of Bible; 13 line of Romans 10 : New Testament of Bible; 8 line of Sura
Muzzammil No. 73: Koran; and 14 verse in 8th Chapter : Gita. ]
We see the same truth in 205 line of Sura
Araf No. 7 in Koran : (205) “And do thou (O reader!) bring thy Lord to
remembrance in thy (very) soul, with humility and remember without loudness in
words, in the mornings and evenings; and be not thou of those who are
unheedful.”
by the practice of
concentration, that in which he beholds the Self through the self and rejoices
in the Self; (21) that in which he finds this supreme delight, perceived by the
intelligence and beyond the reach of the senses, wherein established, he no
longer falls away from the truth; (22) that, on gaining which he thinks that
there is no greater gain beyond it, wherein established he is not shaken even
by the heaviest sorrow;”...
[ translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
Here capital “Self” is symbol of God, and
small “self” is symbol of a devotee. From the above Words of Gita it is clear
that when a man gets spiritual feeling by constant mental call on the name of
God, he will practically feel the existence of God in his heart and be united
with God, and will get so much spiritual pleasure that nobody can expect as it
is beyond the measure of our sense-organ, that is, it is the discovery of God
that renders us an uncommon pleasure exceeds all the pleasure we have from
wealth, honour, glory, power, highest dignity and our family, and then we will
cannot but think that king’s pleasure bears merely a bit beside this spiritual
delight where no deep pain in life can dominate this delight.
As concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in
a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Spiritual delight we derive from constant
Call on God exceeds all the delight of world.”
“ Oh! spiritual pleasure is beyond measure of
Sense-organ, — a delight of discovery of God.”
“ Spiritual mirth is beyond man’s merit, for
’Tis delight to discover the unseen Deity.”
“ None desires more than spiritual delight
Derives of a constant mental call on Deity.”
“ A pious gets much pleasure to perform
All kind good deeds prescribed by God.”
[ 1st line of Psalm 112 : Old Testament
of Bible; 31-34 lines of John 4 : New Testament of Bible; 1-3 lines of Psalm 1
: Old Testament of Bible; and 20-22 verses in 6th Chapter : Gita ]
Now we go back to our earlier word where
it is said that salvation fully stands
on the purity of soul; and purity of soul is on the two pillars, of which one
is chastity and other is liberality. Since now we consult about the moral
quality of chastity, that is, restraint. But now we begin to consult about the
moral quality of liberality, that is, broadness of mind.
We should know that
different kinds of moral qualities such as — love, mercy, pity, pardon,
patience, perseverance, charity, alms, for the sake
of the love on man to fight against wrong, fear of God, faith, humbleness,
sweet manner and behaviour etc. fall in the category of liberality, that is,
broadness of mind.
Now we begin to say about love on man
where the Prophet Jesus says in 9-10 lines of Romans 13 in New Testament of
Bible : (9) “The commandments, “Do not commit adultery”, “Do not murder”, “Do
not steal”, “Do not covet”, and whatever other commandments there may be, are
summed up in this one rule : “Love your neighbour as yourself.” (10) Love does
no harm to its neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfilment of the law.”
[ from — New International Version of
Bible ]
We see the same in 27 line of James 1 in
New Testament of Bible: (27) “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and
faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to
keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
[ from — New International Version of
Bible ]
We
see the same in 43-45 lines of Mark 10 in New Testament of Bible : (43) ...
“whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, (44) and whoever
wants to be first must be slave of all. (45) For even the Son of Man did not
come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few maxims of his World of Wit :
“ Who loses himself in love of man gets Heaven.”
“ All are for all to serve each other.”
“ Who loves Lord, loses himself in love of man.”
“ Man is to serve man, not to be served by man.”
“ Cut thy heart and give to hearts of home.”
“ Love on God far of man fetches Hell.”
Again
Dr. Chowdhury says this in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience
:
“ A devotee divorced from love on
Man draws the Damnation of Hell.”
“ If want to sit on highest seat of Heaven,
Be lowest of all the slaves to serve man.”
Here
we see in 13-14 lines of John 13 in New Testament of Bible how Prophet Jeses practically teaches,
washing the feet, one of his disciples to love man : (13) “You call me
‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’, and rightly so, for that is what I am. (14) Now that I,
your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one
another’s feet.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet of his 2nd Part
of Core of Conscience :
“ If want to sit on a highest seat of Heaven,
Be lowest servant of all to wash man’s feet.”
[
It is in support of the Voice of Prophet Jesus : 13-14 lines of John 13 : New
Testament of Bible. ]
“ O, love man more than yourself, but
Not more than God, for it gets Hell.”
“ A devotee who loves man more than
God, ’ll get Hell instead of Heaven.”
“ Who loves Lord comparatively
More than man, ’ll get the Heaven.”
“ God first in love, parents are a second,
And third, the man to secure salvation.”
We
see the same in 1-8 lines of 1 Corinthians 13 in New Testament of Bible : (1)
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a
resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. (2) If I have the gift of prophecy and
can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move
mountains, but have not love, I am
nothing. (3) If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body
to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. (4) Love is patient, love is
kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. (5) It is not rude,
it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
(6) Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. (7) It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (8) Love never
fails.”...
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in his World of Wit :
“ All good deed save love delivers the nil.”
[
It is in support of the Voice of Prophet Jesus, — 1-8 lines of 1 Corinthians 13
: New Testament of Bible. ]
“ Service on God save man secures nil.”
We
see the same in 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 21 lines of 1 John 4 in New
Testament of Bible : (11) “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought
to love one another. (12) No-one has ever seen God; but if we love each other,
God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
(13) We know that we
live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. ... (16) ...
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. (17) Love is
made complete among us so that we will have
confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. ...
(19) We love because he first loved us. (20) If anyone says, “I love God” yet
hates his brother, he is a lier. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom
he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. (21) And he has given us
this command : Whoever loves God must also love his brother.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in his World of Wit :
“ Man is an integral part of Lord as He in him.”
“ Love on God save brother begets the nil.”
Again
he says this in a few couplets of his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O! as God’s Spirit in us so
God is in us and we in God.”
“ Man can’t but love his lover with all
Are with him, so it is with God and man.”
Again
he says in World of Wit :
“ Love is God, God is love; no love, no God.”
“ Who loves man, God is in him; he is in God.”
[
16, and 20-21 lines of 1 John 4 : New Testament of Bible : 28-31 lines of Sura
Hijr No. 15; 71-74 lines of Sura Swad No. 38; 24 line of Sura Anfal No. 8;
16-18 lines of Sura Kaf No. 50 : Koran; 7 line of Genesis 2 : Old Testament of
Bible; and 2-14 verses in 7th Chapter : Gita ]
Here
is a word : the sense of love which we gain from our inborn conscience, is not
sufficient to love man and all other beings of the world like ourselves, for
its range of love is limited within our family,
relatives, friends etc. But whenever we can earn spiritual feeling, that
is, spiritual knowledge by constant mental call on the name of God, it breaks
our limitation of love and turns it to an universal love, and then we cannot
but love all like us in their well and woe. So spiritual feeling is an urgent
need for all to love all lives equally to get salvation that comes out of
mental call on God’s name for a few days nearly a week.
We see the same
concerning the importance of love in 36-37 lines of Sura Nisa No. 4 in Koran :
(36) “Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good — to
parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are of kin,
neighbours who are strangers, the Companion by your side, the way-farer (ye
meet), and what your right hands possess: for Allah loveth not the arrogant,
the vainglorious; — (37) (nor) those who are niggardly, enjoin niggardliness on
others, hide the bounties which Allah hath bestowed on them; for We have
prepared, for those who
resist Faith, a Punishment that steeps them in contempt; — ...”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets of his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Love all aroud you like yourself,
And set not any beside God to worship.”
“ O, who loves not all equally; and sets
Any beside God, Hell is fixed for him.”
“ Ah! who loves not all equally,
Heaven is forbidden for him.”
[
36-37 lines of Sura Nisa No. 4 : Koran ]
We
see the same concerning the love on man in 11-20 lines of Sura Balad No. 90 in
Koran : (11) “But he hath made not haste on the path that is steep. (12) And
what will explain to thee the path that is steep? — (13) [it is :] freeing the
bondman; (14) or the giving of food in a day of privation (15) to the orphan
with claims of relationship, (16) or to the indigent (down) in the dust. (17)
Then will be of those who believe, and
enjoin patience, (constancy and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of
kindness and compassion. (18) Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. (19)
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left
Hand. (20) On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this, in short, it is clear that who cannot love man and moreover fails to
advise other to love man and to take patience, Hell is fixed for him. And his
place will be in the companions of the Left Hand who are dwellers of Hell. And
those who are possessed of the moral quality of love on man, and advise other
to love man and to take patience, shall dwell in Heaven with the companions of
the Right Hand.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ Who loves man, teaches other to love
And to endure, a Heaven is in his hand.”
“ Love and patience put a man in the
Mates of Right Hand to get Heaven.”
[
11-20 lines of Sura Balad No. 90 : Koran ]
Again we see this in
133-134 lines of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 : Koran: (133) “Be quick in the race for
forgiveness from your Lord and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole)
of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous, — (134) those who
spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in
adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men; — for Allah loves those
who do good :” — ...
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet of his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O, who gives alms in well and woe, digests
Anger and pardons, Heaven is in his hand.”
[
133-134 lines of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 : Koran ]
From
this it is clear in a word that God inspires us to compete in two good deeds of
which one is to pray God to get pardon from our sin, and other is to get
kingdom of Heaven giving alms to the needy according to the capacity of our
earning whether we are rich or poor, and to restrain anger, and to pardon man.
Here charity, to restrain anger, and to pardon man are no other than the sound
of our love on man. From all this it is fully clear that no righteous one can
get the Garden of Heaven, that is, Heaven save the love on man.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet from his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ Heaven is from earth to seventh sky is for
Them who love man, digest anger and pardon.”
He
also says in his World of Wit :
“ Eden is return of love, patience and pardon.”
“ To digest anger and pardon are sound of love.”
We
see the same in 1-7 lines of Sura Maun No. 107 in Koran : (1) “Seest thou one
who denies the Judgment (to come) ? (2) Then such is the one who repulses the
orphan, (3) and encourages not the feeding of the indigent. (4) So woe to the
worshippers (5) who are neglectful of their prayers, (6) those who (want but)
to be seen, (7) but refuse (to supply) (even) neighbourly needs.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this, in short, it is clear that those who love not the needy and help not one
with neighbourly thing, in the sight of God, they have no faith on the coming
Judgment of God; and they discharge prayer only to show the public. And so
Heaven is forbidden for them.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says of this in a couplet of his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ O! who is not interested to feed the
Needy, Heaven is forbidden for him.”
[
1-7 lines of Sura Maun No. 107 : Koran ]
Again we see this in 92
line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 in Koran: (92)
“By no means shall ye attain righteousness unless ye give (freely)
of that which ye love: and whatever ye give, Allah knoweth it well.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
Here
“which ye love” means the wealth which we love. Here God strictly commands us
to give alms to the indigent according to the weight of our earning, whether we
are rich or poor, or else our all virtue of other good deeds will not be
accepted by God. So all our other good deeds save love on man will be rejected
and shall we be fallen in Fire of Hell. Here we see that alms is sound of the
love on man.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ Save alms all other good deeds are rejected
By God, for love on man is the life of
religion.”
Again
he says in his World of Wit :
“ Love is topmost way to win the Heaven.”
“ ’Tis easy to love Lord, difficult the man.”
[
92 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 : Koran; 27 line of James 1; 1-8 lines of 1
Corinthians 13; 11-12 lines of 1 John 4; 43-45 lines of Mark 10: New Testament
of Bible; 32 verse in 6th Chapter : Gita; and 11-20 lines of Sura Balad No. 90
: Koran ]
Heaven
is forbidden for all the misers whether they are rich or poor or a common one,
for they cannot love man; and so their place is in the Pit of Hell. And we see
this truth in 24-25 lines of Luke 18 in New Testament of Bible : (24) “Jesus
looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of
God ! (25) Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
Here
“the rich” indicates those who are misers among the rich. If a rich, common, or
a poor one gives alms according to the capacity of his earning being a chaste
one, will enter the kingdom of Heaven. So Heaven depends not on wealth great or
small, as king Solomon and David loved man like themselves, and God more than
their life.
We see this truth in
5-11 lines of Sura Lail No. 92 in Koran: (5) “So he who gives (in charity) and
fears (Allah), (6) and (in all sincerity) testifies to the Best, — (7) We will
indeed make smooth for him the path to Ease. (8) But he who is a greedy miser
and thinks himself self-sufficient, (9) and gives the lie to the Best, — (10)
We will indeed make smooth for him the Path to Misery; (11) nor will his wealth
profit him when he falls headlong (into the Pit).
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this, in short, it is clear that one who fears God, does the best deed and
gives charity according to the weight of his earning, God will inspire him to
tend his mind more than before, so that he may give charity up to his death to
get the reward of Heaven, and it is because that God’s Mercy descends on him.
And
on the other hand who is miser and is best to lie, God’s rage falls on him and
so God incites him to hoard money or wealth more than before so that he may
fall in Fire of Hell.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a
couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O, who gives alms, God inspires him to
Give more than before to get Heaven.”
“ Who gives alms, God’s Mercy
Falls on him to get Heaven.”
“ Who is miser, God incites him to hoard
Money more than before to be in a Hell.”
“ Who is far from alms, God’s rage is
On him to get the reward of a Hell.”
[
5-11 lines of Sura Lail No. 92 : Koran ]
We
see the same in 180 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 in Koran : (180) “And let not
those who covetously withhold of the gifts which Allah hath given them of His
Grace, think that it is good for them : nay, it will be the worse for them :
soon it will be tied to their necks like a twisted collar, on the Day of
Judgment.”...
[
translated by the Kindgom of Saudi Arabia ]
In
short, it is clear that one who hoards wealth and spend it not in alms or in
the path of God according to the weight of his earnings, in this case, on the
Day of Judgment God shall hang all his treasure on his neck like a twisted collar
as a punishment for his avarice.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a
couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Hoarded wealth far of alms and God’s Path ’ll
Be hanged on owner’s neck in form of a
collar.”
“ All miser divorced from alms and God’s path
Will be punished with their own treasures.”
[ 180 line of Sura
Al-Imran No. 3; 34-35 lines of Sura Tauba No. 9; 5-11 lines of Sura Lail No. 92
: Koran; 1-3 lines of James 5; 25 line of Luke 18; 15-17 lines of 1 John 2 :
New Testament of Bible; and 15-16 verses in 16th
Chapter : Gita ]
We
see the same truth in 34-35 lines of Sura Tauba No. 9 in Koran: (35) ... “And
there are those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the Way of Allah
: announce unto them a most grievous chastisement — (35) on the Day when it
will be heated in the fire of Hell, and with it will be branded their
foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, — “This is the (treasures) which ye
hoarded for yourselves : taste ye, then, the (treasures) ye hoarded.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is clear that those who store up their wealth and give it not in alms
or in different spheres in the way of God accoding to the capacity of their
earning, all their wealth, that is, all their treasures will be heated in the
fire of Hell to brand on their forehead, side and on their back, and then with
a taunt it will be said to them that it is no other than their treasures which
they stored up for themselves, so they should taste their treasures.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a
couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Each miser ’ll be punished by his hoarded
Treasure with fire of Hell in hereafter.”
[
180, 92 lines of Sura Al-Imran No. 3; 34-35 lines of Sura Tauba No. 9; 1-8
lines of Sura Takasur No. 102 : Koran; 1-3 lines of James 5; 15-17 lines of 1
John 2; 25 line of Luke 18 : New Testament of Bible; and 15-16 verses in 16th
Chapter : Gita ]
We
see the same in 1-3 lines of James 5 in New Testament of Bible: (1) “Now
listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming
upon you. (2) Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. (3)
Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and
eat your flesh like fire.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
We
see the same in 1-8 lines of Sura Takasur No. 102 in Koran : (1-8) “The DESIRE
of increasing riches occupieth you, till ye come to the grave. Nay! but in the
end ye shall know — Nay! once more, in the end ye shall know your folly.
Nay! would that ye knew it with knowledge
of certainty! Surely ye shall see hell-fire. Then shall ye surely see it
with the eye of certainty; then shall ye on that day be taken to task
concerning pleasures.”
[
translated by J. M. Rodwell ]
From this, in short, it
is clear that the miser’s desire or infatuation to increase wealth will never
be decrease until and unless he enters the gap of
grave. And therein surely he shall be charged to answer against his pleasure he
enjoyed in world with the wealth he earned divorced from giving it in charity,
and in the way of God. And so he shall be punished with the fire of Hell in his
grave, that is, his grave then will turn to a Hell. So we should all beware of
this warning Voice of God.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a
couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O! attachment to attain wealth ’ll not be
Annulled till one enters in gap of grave.”
“ O! who forgets not attachment of wealth
Fetches fire of Hell at the gap of grave.”
[
1-8 lines of Sura Takasur No. 102 : Koran; 1-3 lines of James 5: New Testament
of Bible; and 15-16 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita ]
Those
who love this worldly wealth, glory, honour, power, position etc. more than
God, are not submitted to the Will of God; so Heaven is forbidden for them.
That means who loves world more than God, fails to submit God, that is, he
submits himself to the pleasure and glory of world. And so his place is in Hell
instead of Heaven. And this is why Prophet Jesus says in 15-17 lines of 1 John
2 in New Testament of Bible : (15) “Do not love the world or anything in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16)
For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes
and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from
the world. (17) The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the
will of God lives for ever.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a
couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Love of the world more than Lord leaves
Behind a carnal desire to draw the Hell.”
[
15-17 lines of 1 John 2 : New Testament of Bible; 15-16 lines of Sura Hood No.
11 : Koran; and 15-16 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita ]
We
see the same in 19-21 lines of Matthew 6 in Old Testament of Bible : (19) “Do
not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy,
and where thieves break in and steal. (20) But store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do
not break in and steal. (21) For where your treasure is, there your heart will
be also.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As concerning this Dr.
Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd
Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O, store of wealth to enjoy world wins a Hell,
And that to love man in charity gets Heaven.”
[19-21
lines of Matthew 6: New Testament of Bible; 20 line of Sura Shura No. 42:
Koran; and 15-16 verses in 16th Chapter: Gita ]
We
see the same in 15-16 verses in 16th Chapter: Gita. (15) “I am rich and
well-born. Who is there like unto me? I shall sacrifice, I shall give, I shall
rejoice,” thus they (say), deluded by ignorance. (16) Bewildered by many
thoughts, entangled in the meshes of delusion and addicted to the gratification
of desire, they fall into a foul hell.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
Here
is a word — for the sake of necessity, we have to love world to earn money and
wealth only to earn our livelihood, to marry our sons and daughters, to educate
our children, to make our building etc. divorced from the attachment of our
worldly wealth and pleasure as drop of water being untouched touches the leaf
of lotus. And this we see in 10-11 verses in 5th Chapter in Gita : (10) “He who
works, having giving up attachment, resigning his actions to God, is not touchd
by sin, even as a lotus leaf (is untouched) by water. (11) The yogins
perform work merely with the body, mind, understanding or merely with the
senses, abandoning attachment, for the purification of their souls.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
[
‘yogin’ is Sanskrit word which means devotee ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet from his
2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Ah! beyond need money is no more
Than mud in the sight of a saint.”
“ To store up wealth beyond need is to store
Up water beyond need to bring fire of Hell.”
“ Wealth exists life like water, but to store
Up out of need obtains eternal fire of Hell.”
“ O! as to store up water out of need sounds
Foolery of a man, so ’tis in case of wealth.”
“ Saint passes life far of attachment
Of world like water on a leaf of lotus.”
“ Worldly life is water to pass
Through slippy leaf of lotus.”
[10-11
verses in 5th Chapter : Gita; 15-16 lines of Sura Hood No. 11; 18 line of Sura
Bani Israil No. 17; 20 line of Sura Shura No. 42 : Koran; and 15-17 lines of 1
John 2 : New Testament of Bible ]
We see the same truth in 15-16 lines of Sura Hood No. 11 in Koran: (15) “Those
who choose this present life and its braveries, we will recompense for their
works therein : they shall have nothing less therein than their deserts. (16)
These are they for whom there is nothing in the next world but the Fire : all
that they have wrought in this life shall come to nought, and vain shall be all
their doings.”
[
translated by J. M. Rodwell ]
From
this it is clear that those who choose or like this present life and love its
wealth, glory and pleasure etc. more than God, they all fail to submit
themselves to the Will of God, and being too much raged with them God returns
all their recompense of good deeds, through giving them wealth, glory, and
pleasure, which they perform in this world; but in hereafter their place will
be in fire of Hell. And it is the fruit of their love on world more than God.
So we see that love is the life of religion whether it is in case of God, man,
beasts and all living beings of the world, even the plants too.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Who loves world more than God, gets here
Fruit of all deed, but Hell in hereafter.”
“ Who loves world more than God, gets a
Hell, and God than world, gets Heaven.”
[
15-16 lines of Sura Hood No. 11; 20 line of Sura Shura No. 42; 18 line of Sura
Bani Israil No. 17 : Koran; 15-17 lines of 1 John 2 : New Testament of Bible;
15-16 verses in 16th Chapter, and 10-11 verses in 5th Chapter : Gita ]
We
see the same in 18 line of Sura Bani Israil No. 17 in Koran : (18) “Whoso chooseth
this quickly passing life, quickly will we bestow therein that which we please
— even on him we choose; afterward we will appoint hell for him, in which he
shall burn — disgraced, outcast :”
[
translated by J. M. Rodwell ]
Again
we see this in 20 line of Sura Shura No. 42 in Koran : (20) “To any that
desires the tilth of the Hereafter, We give increase in his tilth; and to any
that desires the tilth of this world, We grant somewhat thereof, but he has no
share or lot in the Hereafter.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From this, in short, it
is clear that one who loves this world more than God, fails to submit himself
to the Will of God, instead he submits himself to the worldly life of glory,
wealth, position, power, family etc. And so being too much angry with him God
shall throw him in fire of
Hell in hereafter, and all good what he has done in this present
life, will get as recompense in his worldly life. And it is because that God
does not want to be indebted to any one who does good on the basis of doubt, or
faint belief, or full of disbelief.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ Fruit of all good deed on faint faith
Be paid here, but Hell be in hereafter.”
“ O! reward of good deed on half faith gets
In world, but Hell is for it in hereafter.”
“ O! reward of doubtful good deed delivers
Eden in earth, but Erebus is in hereafter.”
“ Hell is fixed for all the hypocrite, for
Their all acts are on doubt, — only to show.”
“ A hypocrite is greatest enemy of God in His
Eye, so his place ’ll be in a lowest Pit of
Hell.”
[
15-16 lines of Sura Hood No. 11; 145-146 lines of Sura Nisa No. 4: Koran; 13-15
lines of Matthew 23 : Bible; and 15-16 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita ]
We
should always know that in all cases love is the topmost way to please God Who
is One; and this act of love is the life of religion to get salvation. If we
cannot love God more than our life, world, wealth and family, we can never be
regarded as a man submitted to the Will of God. And if we cannot submit
ourselves to the Will of God, we must not get salvation to get the reward of
Heaven.
As
concerning this submission to God, Prophet Jesus says in 29-31 lines of Mark 12
in New Testament of Bible : (29) “The most important one”, answered Jesus, “is
this : ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. (30) Love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and
with all your strength. (31) The second is this : ‘Love your neighbour as
yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
We
see the same in 1-2 lines of Romans 12 in New Testament of Bible : (1)
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies
as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — which is your spiritual
worship. (2) Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and
approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
[ from — New International version of Bible ]
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets from his 2nd Part of Core
of Conscience :
“ Submission to God is to love God more than
Life and world, — not to get any of its
return.”
“ God gives man Heaven for his submission,
But it is not man’s demand, but God’s Favour.”
“ We should love God more than life, but
Keep a hope with fear to have a Heaven.”
Now
we see how much reward God gives man in Heaven from His Favour or Mercy to
those who love God more than life and world only to please God, that is, who
can submit himself to God, in 9-10 lines of 1 Corinthians 2 in New Testament of
Bible : (9) “However, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no
mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” — (10) but God
has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the
deep things of God.”
[
from — New International version of Bible ]
And
from this it is also clear that inspite of hearing this good news of Heaven if
anyone’s mind tends to the wealth of this world more than the wealth of other
world , then it proves that he has no full faith in Word of God; so his place
will be in fire of Hell. Similarly, hearing the unbearable punishment of Hell,
with fire, for the sin if any fears not the punishment of God, it proves that
he has no full faith in Word of God; and so his place will be in fire of Hell.
Again
we see the same truth about submission to the Will of God, that is, love to God
more than world and life, in 102 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 in Koran : (102)
“O ye who believe ! Observe your duty to Allah with right observance, and die
not save as those who have surrendered (unto Him).”...
[
translated by Marmaduke Pickthall ]
We
see the same in 132 line of Sura Bakara No. 2 in Koran : (132) “And Abraham
enjoined upon his sons and so did Jacob; “Oh my sons! Allah hath chosen the
Faith for you; then die not except in the state of submission (to Me).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From the above two
successive quotations of Koran it is clear that God strictly warns us that we
should submit ourselves to the Will of God, that is, we should love Him more
than our life and world, or else we have to be thrown in fire of Hell in
hereafter. And this period to fully submit
Him is up to the reach of our death. And after this there is no
alternate way to save ourselves from fire of Hell. So all we should be
conscious of this threatening Voice of God. And it is because, then we are
selected in the category of disbelief, faint belief or hypocrisy.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets from his 2nd Part of Core
of Conscience :
“ Who fails to love God, fails to submit
To His Will; and so fails to get Heaven.”
“ God gives man time till the death to
Submit, or just at death ’ll see a Hell.”
“ Who succeeds to love God, succeeds to
Submit Him, so he succeeds to get Eden.”
And
this truth we see in 28-29, and 32 lines of Sura Nahal No. 16 in Koran : (28)
“(Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of wrong-doing to their
own souls, then would they offer submission (with the pretence), “We did no
evil (knowingly).” (The angels will reply), “Nay, but verily Allah knoweth all
that ye did; (29) so enter the gates of Hell, to dwell therein. Thus evil
indeed is the abode of the arrogant.”... (32) “(Namely) those whose lives the
angels take in a stae of purity, saying to them, “Peace be on you; enter ye the
Garden, because of (the good) which ye did (in the world).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Ah ! the result of Heaven or Hell will be
Declared at death on good or evil deed.”
Again
we see about love and submission to God in 162-163 lines of Sura Unum No. 6 in
Koran : (162) “Say : “Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and
my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the World : (163) no partner
hath He : this am I commanded, and I am the first of those who submit to His
Will.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
[
Here “I” indicates the Prophet Mohammad (S.M.) ]
Again
we see this in 111-112 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2 in Koran: (111) “And they say
: “None shall enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian.” Those are
their (vain) desires. Say : “Produce your proof if ye are truthful.” (112) Nay,
— whoever submits his whole self to Allah and is a doer of good, — he will get
his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From this, in short, it is clear that Heaven stands not on any
race or nation, rather it wholly stands on submission to the Will of God to
purify soul by the performance of good deed.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet from his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ O, Heaven is on purity of soul with
Submission to God, not on the race.”
Again
we see concerning love and submission to God in 24 line of Sura Tauba No. 9 in
Koran : (24) “Say : If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your
mates, or your kindred : the wealth that you have gained; the commerce in which
ye fear a decline : or the dwellings in which ye delight — are dearer to you
than Allah or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause; — then wait unitl
Allah brings about His Decision: and Allah guides not the rebellious.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this, in short, it is clear that who loves world more than God, advice of the
Prophet, and fight against wrong, then he fails to submit himself to the Will
of God; and he will fall in the category of the rebellious to be punished in
Hell. That means, in a word we can say that who loves world more than God,
Heaven is forbidden for him, that is, if we want to enter Heaven, we should
comparatively love our Lord, God more than our parents, children, brothers,
wives, relatives, wealth, commerce and dwellings in which our love is engaged
to enjoy life.
Concerning
the love and submission to the Will of God also we see in 65-66 verses in 18th
Chapter of Gita : (65) “Fix thy mind on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me;
prostrate thyself before Me; so shalt thou come to Me. I promise thee truly,
for thou art dear to Me. (66) Abandoning all duties, come to Me alone for
shelter. Be not grieved, for I shall release thee from all evils.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
From
this it is clear that nobody shall get salvation to have Heaven until he loves
God more than life, world and family and wholly submits himself to the Will of
God.
Again
we see this of which has been said before in 15-16 verses of 16th Chapter in
Gita to clarify the idea more about the love on God and submission to His Will
:
(15) “I am rich and
well-born. Who is there like unto me ? I shall sacrifice, I shall give, I shall
rejoice”, thus they (say) deluded by ignorance. (16) Bewildered by many
thoughts, entangled in the meshes of delusion and addicted to the gratification
of desires, they fall into a foul hell.”
[
transalated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
In
a word it can be said that one who loves world more than God, he fails to
submit himself to the Will of God and so his place will be in Hell instead of
Heaven.
Now
again we begin to consult about love on man specially in the sphere of alms or
charity that we find in 17 line of Proverbs 19 in Old Testament of Bible : (17)
“He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward him for what
he has done.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
From
this it is clear that to give alms or charity to a poor or an indigent is like
to lend money or wealth to God and in return for his liberality or breadth of
mind God shall reward him Heaven in hereafter.
We
see the same in 245 line of Sura Bakara No. 2 in Koran : (245) “Who is he that
will loan to Allah a beautiful loan, which Allah will double unto his credit
and multiply many times ? It is Allah that giveth (you) Want or Plenty. And to
Him shall be your return.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
Again
we see this in 1-4 lines of Matthew 6 in New Testament of Bible : (1) “Be
careful not to do your acts of righteousness before men, to be seen by them. If
you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
(2)
So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the
hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honoured by men. I
tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. (3) But when you
give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is
doing, (4) so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees
what is done in secret, will reward you.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
From
this it is clear that all sorts of good deeds whether these are alms, prayer,
fast, pilgrimage etc. should we perform only to please God, not to show men to
have their honour, love, help etc. or else all our good deeds will be rejected
by God and we shall be thrown in fire of Hell. Therefore we should be too much
conscious of this warning Voice of Bible. So specially in giving alms we should
keep it in secret as much as we can.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience in
support of the advice of Prophet Jesus in 1-4 lines of Matthew 6 : New Testament
of Bible :
“ Good deed sounded by beat of drum delivers
A nil, for it draws pride
to perish Paradise.”
Again
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ O, all good deed is done only to draw God’s
Love, not to draw man’s honour, nor Virtue.”
“ To give alms to a needy is to loan God to
Have an numerous return in hereafter.”
“ O, to spend in God’s Path is to loan God
To have numerous rewards in Heaven.”
[
1-4 lines of Matthew 6 : New Testament of Bible; 17 line of Proverbs 19 : Old
Testament of Bible; 245 line of Sura Bakara No. 2; 114 line of Sura Nisa No. 4
: Koran; and 30 verse in 3rd Chapter : Gita]
We
should always know that all good deeds are only to please God. As we again see
this in 114 line of Sura Nisa No. 4 in Koran : (114) “In most of their secret
talks there is no good : but if one exhorts to a deed of charity or goodness or
conciliation between people (secrecy is permissible) : to him who does this,
seeking the good pleasure of Allah, We shall soon give a reward of the highest
(value).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O, good deed seeks to please God
Gets highest reward in Heaven.”
We
see the same in 92 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 in Koran : (92) “By no means
shall ye attain righteousness unless ye give (freely) of that which ye love :
and whatever ye give, Allah knoweth it well.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is clear that no good deeds save alms, that is, save love on man, can
be accepted by God, as a boy if he fails in English subject in his Examination,
he must be declared as failure in the Examination though he keeps eighty
percent marks in all other subjects. So it is the same in case of all kinds of
good deeds in full save the deed of charity or alms.
And
this truth we also see in 1-8 lines of 1 Corinthians 13 in New Testament of
Bible that is said before : (1) “If I speak in the tongues of men and of
angels, ... (3) ... but have not love, I gain nothing.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
Here
I draw earlier Word of Bible only to clearly clarify this idea of love on man
which is life of religion.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet from his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ All good deeds in full save the deed of
Charity secures Hell instead Heaven.”
“ Performance of all good acts in full than
Love on man delivers Hell instead Heaven.”
[
1-8 lines of 1 Corinthians 13 : New Testament of Bible; 92 line of Sura
Al-Imran No. 3 : Koran; and 32 verse in 6th Chapter : Gita ]
Again
we see this in 134 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 In Koran : (134) “... Those who
spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity;
who
restrain anger, and pardon (all) men; — for Allah loves those who do good.” —
...
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
Again
concerning alms or charity we see in 261-262 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2 in
Koran : (261) “The parable of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah
is that of a grain of corn : it groweth seven ears, and each ear hath a hundred
grains. Allah giveth manifold increase to whom He pleaseth : and Allah careth
for all and He knoweth all things. (262) Those who spend their wealth in the
cause of Allah, and follow not up their gifts with reminders of their
generosity or with injury,— for them their reward is with their Lord : on them
shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
We
should always know that alms or charity is the sound of love on man. God says
that if any one spends his wealth in alms or in the way of God only to please
God divorced from all other wordly intentions to get honour, love, or any
benefit giving one injury, there God shall increase his reward much more in
Heaven in hereafter.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience:
“ O! gift only to please God gets pay much more
Than a grain grows seven hundreds in 7 ears.”
“ O! gift to get honour or benefit from man
Save God secures Hell in lieu of Heaven.”
“ O! alms in return for labour attains
The eternal Hell instead of Heaven.”
[
261-262 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2 : Koran ]
We see the same in 9-11
lines of 2 Corinthians 9 in New Testament of Bible : (9) “As it is written :
“He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures for
ever.” (10) Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also
supply and increase your store
of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. (11)
You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every
occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
We
have repeatedly said before that alms or charity are no other than love on man.
And from the Words of Bible it is clear, in short, that one who freely spends
his wealth in alms according to the weight of his earning, God must increase
his wealth both in this world and in Heaven of hereafter. And for this
liberality or broadness of our mind God will be highly pleased with us. So we
see that love is life of religion.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Spending in alms, specially in secret,
Spreads wealth here and in hereafter.”
“ O, regular spending in alms broadens soul
More than before to love man more and more.”
[
9-11 lines of 2 Corinthians 9; 38 line of Luke 6 : New Testament of Bible; 5-21
lines of Sura Lail No. 92; 11-20 lines of Sura Balad No. 90 : Koran; 1-3 verses
in 16th Chapter, and 32 verse in 6th Chapter : Gita]
We
see the same in 38-39 lins of Sura Rum No. 30 in Koran : (38) “So give what is
due to kindred, the needy, and the wayfarer, that is best for those who seek
the Countenance of Allah, and it is they who will prosper. (39) That which you
give in usury for increase through the property of (other) people, will have no
increase with Allah: but that which you give for charity, seeking the
Countenance of Allah, (will increase) : it is those who will get a recompense
multiplied.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is clear that one who spends in charity only to please God, will get
great reward in Heaven and it is the best way to have the favour of God.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets from his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O, who gives in alms only to get favour
Of God, ’ll have great reward in Heaven.”
“ O, to spend in charity to love God
Is a best way to get favour of God.”
Concerning charity and
love again we see in 37-38 lines of Luke 6 in New Testament of Bible: (37): “Do
not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be
condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. (38)
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken
together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure
you use, it will be measured to you.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O, gift in God’s Way is much more than
Its measure here and in hereafter.”
“ O! alms to please God multiplies more
Than its measure here and hereafter.”
[
38 line of Luke 6 : New Testament of Bible; 261-262 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2
: Koran; 1-3 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita; and 37-38 lines of Sura Noor No. 24
: Koran ]
“ O, if you cover one’s fault, God ’ll cover thy
Fault at Day of Judgment to give you Eden.”
“ If you pardon other, God ’ll pardon you
At the Day of Judgment to get a Heaven.”
“ O, if you hate not other, you ’ll not be
Hated by God on the Day of Judgment.”
[
37-38 lines of Luke 6 : New Testament of Bible; 22 line of Sura Noor No. 24 :
Koran; and 1-3 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita ]
Who
can love equally all beings of the world is regarded as dearest devotee of God
and this we see in 32 verse in 6th Chapter Gita : (32) “He, O Arjuna who sees
with equality everything, in the image of his own self whether in pleasure or
in pain, he is considered a perfect yogi.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
[
‘yogi’ is Sanskrit word means devotee ]
We
see the same truth in 18-19 verses in 5th Chapter in Gita :
(18)
“Sages see with an eqaul eye, a learned and humble Brahmin, a cow, an elephant
or even a dog or an outcaste. (19) Even here (on earth) the created (world) is
overcome by those whose mind is established in equality. God is flawless and
the same in all. Therefore are these (persons) established in God.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ O, who loves all being high or low in one
Level, gets greatest reward in Heaven.”
[
43-45 lines of Mark 10; 14-15 lines of John 13 : Bible; 32 verse in 6th Chapter
: Gita; and 36-37 lines of Sura Nisa No. 4 : Koran ]
We have repeatedly said before that charity is no other than the
sound of love on man. However, concerning the love of man again we see in 1-3
verses in 16th Chapter in Gita : (1) “Fearlessness, purity of mind, wise
apportionment of knowledge and concentration, charity, self-control and
sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity and uprightness, (2)
non-violence, truth, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranquillity, aversion
to fault finding, compassion to living beings, freedom from covetousness,
gentleness, modesty and steadiness (absence of fickleness), (3) vigour,
forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from malice and excessive pride —
these, O Pandava (Arjuna), are the endowments of him who is born with the
divine nature.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
Now
we consult about our love on parents. We should always know that our father and
mother are next to God to get our love and honour. And that is why it is
strictly commanded us in 10 line of Mark 7 in New Testament of Bible : (10)
“For Moses said, ‘Honour your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his
father or mother must be put to death.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
From
this it is fully clear that one who dishonours his parents or loves not them,
Heaven is forbidden for him. As Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd
Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Man divorced from devotion and love
Of parents draws a Damnation of Hell.”
“ Paradise stands on parent’s foot to pass
Therein a perpetual pleasurable a life.”
[
10 line of Mark 7 : New Testament of Bible; 23-24 lines of Sura Bani Israil No.
17; and 15-16 lines of Sura Ahkaf No. 46 : Koran ]
We
see the same in 23-24 lines of Sura Bani Israil No. 17 in Koran: (23) “Thy Lord
hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be kind to parents.
Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word
of contempt, nor repel them but address them, in terms of honour, (24) and, out
of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say : “My Lord ! bestow on
them Thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
Again we see this in
15-16 lines of Sura Ahkaf No. 46 in Koran : (15) “We have enjoined on man
kindness to his parents : in pain did his mother bear him, and in pain did she
give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his weaning is (a period of)
thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of full strength and attain
forty years, he says, “O my Lord! grant me that I may
be grateful for Thy favour which Thou hast bestowed upon me, and upon both my
parents, and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be
gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I submit
(to Thee) in Islam.” (16) Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of
the deeds and pass by their ill deeds : (they shall be) among the Companions of
the Garden : a promise of truth, which was made to them (in this life).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
[
‘Islam’ is an Arabic word which means submission to the Will of God. In a word
we can say that it is to obey all His commands and love Him more than our life,
world and family etc. ]
However,
from this, in short, it is clear that one who loves and honours his parents and
prays God to benefit for them both for this world and other world and also
prays for the benefit of his children; and submits to God with whole heart,
there God shall pardon his all crimes and will admit him to enter the Heaven.
Here
we draw the same word said before to strengthen our idea of love on parents in
36 line of Sura Nisa No. 4 in Koran : (36) “Serve Allah, and join not any
partners with Him; and do good — to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need,
... for Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;” —
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is clear that those who take anything beside God as an object of
worship, and love not their parents, relatives, common man and the needy, will
be selected in the category of the arrogant to be fallen in fire of Hell.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet from his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Heaven is forbidden for him
Who can’t honour his parents.”
“ Who dishonours his parents,
Draws the damnation of Hell.”
“ O, honour to parents hauls Heaven,
Dishonour an eternal damnation.”
[
10 line of Mark 7 : New Testament of Bible; 23-24 lines of Sura Bani Israil No.
17; 15-16 lines of Sura Ahkaf No. 46; 14 line of Sura Lokman No. 31; 83 line of
Sura Bakara No. 2 : Koran; and 32 verse in 6th Chapter: Gita ]
We see this again in 83
line of Sura Bakara No. 2 in Koran : (83) ... “treat with kindness your parents
and kindred, and orphans and those in need; speak
fair to the people;” ...
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
Again
we see this in 14 line of Sura Lokman No. 31 in Koran : (14) “And We have
enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents : in travail upon travail did his
mother bear him. And in years twain was his weaning: (hear the command), “Show
gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final) Goal.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is clear that God strictly commands us to show our gratitude to Him and
our parents; and that indicates that our parents are next to God to get our
love and honour. And who violates this command of God, will be thrown in fire
of Hell.
We
see the same in another a Hindu Scripture where it is said in sound of Sanskrit
:
“ pita Sarga, pita dharma, pitahi parama tapa;
pitori pritimapanne priante sarva devata.”
“ Father is Heaven, religion and a best muse,
If father is pleased, all angel be pleased.”
[
translated by Dr. Ashraf Chowdhury ]
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets from his 2nd Part of Core
of Conscience :
“ Paradise stands on parents’ foot to
Pass a perpetual pleasurable life.”
“ Oh! where is no love to parents, there
Can’t stand Heaven even for a second.”
“ O! where is no honour to parents, Heaven
Fears too to appear there for a moment.”
“ Heaven shuts door at the sight of one who
Shuts honour’s door at a sight of parents.”
[
10 line of Mark 7 : New Testament of Bible; 14 line of Sura Lokman No. 31 :
Koran; and 1-3 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita ]
Here
we consult about patience and perseverance both in the sphere of God and man.
We should always know that to take patience is no other than the sound of deep
love on one. As God giving us pain or distress from time to time wants to see
our depth of love and trust on Him. In the same way giving an injury or
misbehaviour to a man by other one, God tests his depth of love on man through
his patience and perseverance.
And we see this truth in
35-39 lines of Hebrews 10 in New Testament of Bible : (35) “So do not throw
away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
(36) You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will
receive what he has promised. (37) For in just a very little while, “He who is
coming will came and will not delay. (38) But my righteous one will live by
faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him. (39) But we are
not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and
are saved.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
From
this, in short, it is clear that God tests man falling him in different kind of
distress to know his deep love and confidence on Him. But if he cannot take
patience and stretch back from it, then it will be proved that he has no deep
love and full faith on God. And so Heaven is forbidden for him.
Now
we see this in case of man. We should take patience; and for the sake of love
we should digest our anger against ill treatment as much as we can which we get
from other, otherwise we shall not be placed before Judgment of God as a man of
kind-hearted one.
And
this we see in 21-22 lines of Matthew 5 in New Testament of Bible : (21) “You
have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not murder, and anyone
who murders will be subject to judgment.’ (22) But I tell you that anyone who
is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.” ...
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
We
see again concerning the taking of patience in 7-11 lines of James 5 in New
Testament of Bible : (7) “Be patient then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming.
See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how
patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. (8) You too, be patient and
stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. (9) Don’t grumble against each
other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
God
gives us distress for the time being to see our patience. And seeing our
patience in distress God want to know our depth of love and trust on Him to
give us Heaven as a reward of our love and faith on Him. And this we see in
155-157 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2 in Koran: (155) “Be sure We shall test you
with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods, lives and the fruits (of
your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere, — (156) who
say, when afflicted with calamity : “To Allah we belong, and to Him is our
return” :— (157) they are those on whom (descend) blessings from their Lord,
and Mercy. And they are the ones that receive guidance.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
Again
we see this in 22-23 lines of Sura Hadid No. 57 in Koran : (22) “No misfortune
can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a Book before We bring
it into existence : that is truly easy for Allah: (23) in order that ye may not
despair over matters that pass you by, nor exult over favours bestowed upon
you, for Allah loveth not any vainglorious boaster,’’ — ...
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this, in short, it is clear that God gives us pain and pleasure only to see our
stability of mind whether we despair in pain, or too much frisk in pleasure.
And thus God measures the weight of our patience to see our depth of love on
Him.
We
see this again in 186 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 in Koran : (186) “Ye shall
certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in yourselves : and ye
shall certainly hear much that will grieve you from those who received the Book
before you and from those who worship partners besides Allah. But if you
persevere patiently, and guard against evil, — then that indeed is a matter of
great resolution.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
In
short, it is clear that God gives us distress to test our patience, that is, to
see our depth of love on Him. And again He commands us to be patient against
the misbehaviour of man to test our depth of love on man. And at the same time
He commands us to be restrained from all sides. And concerning the dignity of
taking patience God says that it is a great deed. However, from this it is
clear that God commands us to take patience both in the sphere of God and man.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets from his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Pain is Test-Stick of God to see patience
Of man to reward him perpetual Paradise.”
“ O, distress for a day or long from Deity draws
The measure of stability to give one Heaven.”
“ O, pain and pleasure are a main pillar
Of religion to test the Truth of sage.”
[
35-39 lines of Hebrews 10; 21-22 lines to Matthew 5; 7-11 lines of James 5 :
New Testament of Bible; 155-157 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2; 22-23 lines of Sura
Hadid No. 57; 186 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 : Koran; 17-19 verses in 12th
Chapter, and 24-25 verses in 14th Chapter: Gita ]
We see the same in 17-19
verses in 12th Chapter in Gita : (17) “He who neither rejoices nor hates,
neither grieves nor desires, and who has
renounced good and evil, he who is thus devoted is dear to Me.
(18) He who (behaves) alike to foe and friend, also to good and evil repute and
who is alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain and who is free from
attachment, (19) he who holds equal blame and praise, who is silent (restrained
in speech), content with anything (that comes), who has no fixed abode and is
firm in mind, that man who is devoted is dear to Me.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
From
this, in short, it is clear that one who is free from the attachment of world,
its glory, wealth and family, is man of full patience and he is no other than
perfect devotee in the eye of God. And he is always fixed in mind in all cases
— pain or pleasure, honour or dishonour etc. are equal to him.
We
see this also in 24-25 verses in 14th Chapter of Gita : (24) “He who regards
pain and pleasure alike, who dwells in his own self, who looks upon a clod, a
stone, a piece of gold as of equal worth, who remains the same amidst the
pleasant and the unpleasant things, who is firm of mind, who regards both blame
and praise as one. (25) He who is the same in honour and dishonour and the same
to friends and foes, and who has given up all initiative of action, he is said
to have risen above the modes.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets from his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Money and mud are same in sight of a sage
Who loves Lord more than life and world.”
“ Dollar and dust are same in sight of devotee;
Dollar is life in need, beyond it merely
dust.”
“ Eh! dollar exists life, but more than a need
Begets Erebus to be burnt in eternal Fire.”
“ He is perfect pious who is
A firm both in well and woe.”
[
17-19 verses in 12th Chapter, 24-25 verses in 14th Chapter : Gita; 15-17 lines
of 1 John 2; 25 line of Luke 18 : New Testament of Bible; 180 line of Sura
Al-Imran No. 3; 1-8 lines of Sura Takasur No. 102 : Koran; 15-16 verses in 16th
Chapter, and 10-11 verses in 5th Chapter: Gita ]
Now we consult about
pardon on man which indicates a deep love on man. Suppose, if I forgive one in
return of his taunt, dishonour, torture, injury etc., it will be proved in a
practical way that I have a deep love on him. And if I can do so, God will be
pleased with me seeing my pity and will pardon my crime. But if I have no
strength of mind to forgive other, there God will not
forgive me seeing my ruthless heart.
And
this we see in 25 line of Mark 11 in New Testament of Bible: (25) “And when you
stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your
Father in Heaven may forgive you your sins.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
We
see the same in 37 line of Luke 6 in New Testament of Bible: (37) “Do not
judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be
condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
Again
we see this in 27-36 lines of Luke 6 in New Testament of Bible : (27) “But I
tell you who hear me : Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, (28)
bless those who curse you, pray for those who ill-treat you. (29) If someone
strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your
cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. (30) Give to everyone who asks
you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. (31) Do to
others as you would have them do to you.
(32)
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you ? Even ‘sinners’
love those who love them. (33) And if you do good to those who are good to you,
what credit is that to you ? Even ‘sinners’ do that. (34) And if you lend to
those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you ? Even
‘sinners’ lend to ‘sinners’, expecting to be repaid in full. (35) But love your
enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything
back. Then your reward will be great, ... (36) Be merciful, just as your Father
is merciful.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
And
concerning this universal love Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd
Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Ah! who weeps at the weeping of other in
His woe, wealth of Heaven is in his hand.”
“ Who fails to check tear in return
For other’s, a Heaven is in his hand.”
“ ’Tis easy to love friend, hard foe,
And a Heaven is on this hard deed.”
“ Envy is opposite to love that
Earns Erebus instead of Eden.”
“ O, envy in field of religion
Regains the reward of Hell.”
“ Racial envy fetches the fire of Hell
To suffer therein for an
eternal day.”
“ Who loses himself in love of man,
Looks Light of Lord in his heart.”
[
27-36 lines of Luke 6 : New Testament of Bible ]
Concerning
forgiveness here we see the same truth in 22 line of Sura Noor No. 24 in Koran
: (22) ... “let them forgive and overlook, do you not wish that Allah should
forgive you ? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is clear that one who forgives other’s fault, God will forgive him
seeing his pity on him who does fault to him. From this it is also clear that
one who has no strength of morality to pardon a man, who does evil on him, how
can he expect to get pardon from God for his crime !
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ O, who can forgive man, God’ll forgive
Him seeing his love and mercy on man.”
“ O, as merciless man can’t pardon a man, so
God is hard to pardon him for his crime.”
[
22 line of Sura Noor No. 24 : Koran; 37 line of Luke 6 : New Testament of
Bible; and 1-3 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita ]
Now
we consult about a most moral quality which is repentance, and it is no other
than the manifestation of love. I love my child, but if at the heat of moment I
give a clap on his cheek, which is much more than his payment, I will repent,
say him a sweet word, and moreover will pick him up on my lap. And it is so in
case of God and man, and all beings of the world. I love God deeply, but out of
passion if I suddenly do something wrong which God does not want, there I
cannot but repent and rectify to get back my love from God. So repentance is
sound of love.
Concerning
repentance here we see in 6-9 lines of Psalm 6 in Old Testament of Bible : (6)
“I am worn out with groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and
drench my couch with tears. (7) My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail
because of all my foes. (8) Away from me, all you who do evil, for the Lord has
heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
Again we see this in 1-5
lines of Psalm 32 in New Testament of Bible : (1) “Blessed is he whose transgressions
are forgiven, whose sins are covered. (2) Blessed is
the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him and in whose spirit is no
deceit. (3) When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all
day long. (4) For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was
sapped as in the heat of summer. (5) Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did
not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the
Lord” — and you forgave the guilt of my sin.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
From
this it is clear that one who does sin and soon repents for it and is
rectified, there God cannot but forgive him seeing his rectification, for God
is endless merciful to pardon a man.
We
see the same in 119 line of Sura Nahal No. 16 in Koran : (119) “But verily thy
Lord, to those who do wrong in ignorance, but who thereafter repent and make
amends, — thy Lord after all this, is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is clear that if anybody repents for his sin and is amended, God cannot
but pardon him though this sin is small or great.
Again
we see this truth in 53-54 lines of Sura Zumar No. 39 in Koran: (53) “Say: “O
my Servants who have transgressed against their souls! despair not of the Mercy
of Allah : for Allah forgives all sins : for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful. (54) Turn ye to your Lord (in repentance) and submit to Him, before
the Chastisement comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this, in short, it is clear that one who repents for all his sins which he has
committed in his whole life, and are rectified, there God surely will pardon
his all sins. But just after death God shall never pardon any one for his sin.
And moreover God also strictly commands us to submit ourselves to the Will of
Him before we reach the death, for just
at the moment of death when we will directly see the angel of death, who takes
our soul, then our full submission to the Will of God shall never be granted by
God. So we should all be too much conscious of this Threatening Voice of God.
Again
here we see the same in 145-146 lines of Sura Nisa No. 4 in Koran: (145) “The
Hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire: no helper wilt thou find
for them; — (146) except for those who repent, mend (their life), hold fast to
Allah, and make their religious devotion sincere to Allah: if so they will be
(numbered) with the Believers. And soon will Allah grant to the Believers a
reward of immense value.”
[ translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ One drop of eye is better in the sight
Of God than a prayer of whole day long.”
“ O, one drop of eye is dearer to the
Deity than a prayer of whole day.”
“ One drop of eye is much better to
Deity than a whole day of orison.”
“ O, one drop of eye is not the less
Power to defeat the rage of God.”
“ One drop of sinner’s eye may defeat the
Wrath of God, for He is endless in Mercy.”
“ Fully submit to the Will of God before
You see the Angel of death at thy death.”
“ Submission to Will of God is to love
God more than life, world and wealth.”
[
145-146 lines of Sura Nisa No. 4; 102 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3: 28-32 lines
of Sura Nahal No. 16 : Koran; 7-10 lines of James 4; 1-2 lines of Romans 12;
29-31 lines of Mark 12; 15-17 lines of 1 John 2: New Testament of Bible; 65-66
verses in 18th Chapter : Gita; 111-112 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2 : Koran; and
132 line of Sura Bakara No. 2: Koran ]
We
should always know that repentance and rectification are no other than a sound
of love. If I love my Lord, God more than my life, and if I suddenly do a something
wrong against His Will, there I cannot but repent and rectify myself only to
please God, so that I may get back my earlier favour from God. And we see the
same truth in case of our parents or anyone in this world. If we love them like
ourselves and if we, out of passion or heat of the moment, do such a wrong or
an evil act against their will, there we can’t but repent and rectify ourselves
only to please them, so that we may get back their love on us as we got before.
So we can undoubtedly say that repentance and rectification bear the symbol of
love. And therefore it is a strong pillar of religion to rectify soul to regain
the reward of Heaven.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ Ah! repentance and rectification bear
A sound of love on God, man and all beings.”
“ Ah! penitence is a pillar of love to
Purify soul to purchase
Paradise.”
“ O, repentance is sound of love to
Rectify soul to regain a Heaven.”
[
1-5 lines of Psalm 32; 1-9 lines of Psalm 6 : Old Testament of Bible; 145-146
lines of Sura Nisa No. 4; 88-89, 135-136 lines of Sura Al-Imran No. 3; 32-34
lines of Sura Kaf No. 50 : Koran; and 1-3 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita ]
Next
we turn our mind to the importance of faith in religion. Now here we also see
that faith is no other than the manifestation of love. If we love our Lord, God
more than our life and submit ourselves to the Will of God, then it will be
proved that we have full faith in the Word of God, that is, in the Revelation
of God.
Here
is another point regarding the putting faith in God. Hearing the advice of our
parents or our religious teachers we put faith in the existence of God and
hereafter. It is theoritical faith, so it is not full faith, that is, partial
faith. But whenever we shall earn spiritual feeling by constant call on the
name of God, for a few days, we shall practically feel the existence of God,
and also feel the rigour of the punishment of both physical and mental sin, and
then we cannot but put full faith both in God and hereafter. And thereafter by
the pressure of the prick of conscience we cannot but fully rectify our soul
both from physical and mental sin to be a fittest one to have salvation to get
the reward of Heaven. So spiritual feeling is an urgent need to put full faith
in God that comes out of constant mental call, for a few days, on the name of
God.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ Spiritual feeling is the topmost way
To put full faith in God and hereafter.”
“ To gain spiritual feeling is to fetch
Full faith in God and in the hereafter.”
“ Oh! partial faith in God fetches the Pit of
Hell, for it is sum of belief and disbelief.”
“ O, who puts faith in God but fails to
Prove by deed, is man of half belief.”
“ Oh! Paradise is not for a person
Who is wight of partial belief.”
“ O, faith devoid of deed draws the
Damnation of Hell in hereafter.”
Again Dr. Chowdhury says this in a few maxims in his
World of Wit:
“ O, doing good prove thy full faith in God.”
“ O, doing deed show Lord thy
full faith.”
“ Faith devoid of deed draws the Hell.”
[
17, 24, 26 lines of James 2 : New Testament of Bible; 2-7 lines of Sura Bakara
No. 2 : Koran; and 1-3 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita ]
As
concerning faint faith Prophet Jesus says in 17, 24 and 26 lines in James 2 in
New Testament of Bible :
(17)
...“faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is deed.”
(24)
“You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.”
(26)
“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Ah! as is body save the head
So is faith without its deed.”
“ Ah! as is body save head
So is a faith save deed.”
“ Faith devoid of deed delivers
Nil to draw a Damnation of Hell.”
[
17, 24-26 lines of James 2 : New Testament of Bible ]
Concerning
faith we see the same truth in 2-7 lines of Sura Bakar No. 2 in Koran : (2) “This is the Book
(Koran); in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear Allah; who
believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend out of what We have
provided for them; (4) and who believe in the Revelation sent to thee (Mohammad
S.M.), and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of
the Hereafter. (5) They are on (true guidance), from their Lord, and it is
these who will prosper. (6) As to those who reject faith, it is the same to
them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe. (7)
Allah hath set a seat on their hearts and on their hearing. And on their eyes
is a veil; great is the chastisement they (incur).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this, in short, it is clear that faith in God is root of religion to regain the
reward of Heaven. And when a man does not put faith in God and hereafter, there
God’s violent rage descends on him and He sets a seal on his heart, ear and
eye, so that he may not get back a chance to put faith in God and in hereafter
to rectify his soul to have the reward of Heaven in hereafter.
As Dr. Chowdhury says in
a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience
:
“ O! who puts no faith in God, God seals up his
Heart, ear and eye against his salvation.”
“ After repeated appeal who rejects faith,
God seals up his heart not to get a Heaven.”
“ After repeated hearing who puts no faith,
God wants not that he should get a Heaven.”
[
2-7 lines of Sura Bakara No. 2 : Koran; 14-15 lines of Matthew 13; 12 line of
Mark 4; 6 line of Matthew 7 : New Testament of Bible; and 64-67 verses in 18th
Chapter : Gita ]
From
this it is clear that if there is no faith in God, there is no love on God, and
so we see that faith is sound of love. As concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in
a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ O, where is no faith in God, there is no
Love on God, so faith is sound of love.”
Now
we step to consult about fear of God comes out of full faith in God, that is, fear
of God is outcome of faith which is first and final of religion to purify our
soul in one side and broaden our mind on the other to get salvation to have the
reward of Heaven. If we love our God more than our life, we can’t but put full
faith in Him. And if we put full faith in God, we can’t but fear God for the
punishment of sin in fire of Hell which is His Warning Voice that we find in
all His Scriptures. And if we always fear of the punishment of sin in fire of
Hell, we can never step in the way of sin whether it is physical or mental. And
if we check ourselves both from mental and physical sin, we can easily purify
our soul to get salvation. And at the same time we cannot but broaden our mind,
that is, cannot but get the moral quality of liberality by the pressure of the
Warning Voice of God against cupidity. So we see that fear of God is the
topmost way to get the purify of soul to earn salvation to have the reward of
Heaven.
As
concerning the fear of God it is said in 13-14 lines of Ecclesiastes 12 in Old
Testament of Bible : (13) “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of
the matter : fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of
man. (14) For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden
thing, whether it is good on evil.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
From
this it is clear that every man shall be placed before the Judgment of God to
get his desert of deeds whether these are physical or mental.
As Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ All act both physical or mental be placed
Before judgment of God to get Eden or Hell.”
“ All deed good or evil even an weight of
An atom directly be shown to everyone.”
[
13-14 lines of Ecclesiastes 12 : Old Testament of Bible; 6-8 lines of Sura
Zilzal No. 99; 6-11 lines of Sura Karia No. 101 : Koran; 21-22 verses in 16th
Chapter, and 12 verse in 6th Chapter : Gita ]
Again
we see this in 11-13 lines of Psalm 103 in Old Testament of Bible : (11) “For
as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who
fear him; (12) as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our
transgressions from us. (13) As a father has compassion on his children, so the
Lord has compassion on those who fear him;” ...
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O! who fears God gets His Love, as height from
The earth to sky, to regain reward of Heaven.”
“ Fear of God removes one’s sin, as length
From east to west, to earn eternal Eden.”
“ Who fears God most, most of His Mercy falls
On him, as father’s compassion on children.”
[
11-13 lines of Psalm 103 : Old Testament of Bible; 46-62 lines of Sura Rahman
No. 55 : Koran; and 1-3 verses in 16th Chapter : Gita]
We
see the same truth in 10 line of Proverbs 9 in Old Testament of Bible : (10)
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One
is understanding.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O, fear of God is first and final of wisdom
To win over the Wrath of God to get Heaven.”
“ Where is no fear of God, there is no
Dependence on God, so it gets a nil.”
[
10 line of Proverbs 9 : Old Testament of Bible; 15-16 lines of Sura Tagabun No.
64; 102 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 : Koran; and 1-3 verses in 16th Chapter :
Gita ]
We see the same in 15-16
lines of Sura Tagabun No. 64 in Koran:
(16) “Your riches and your children may be but a trial : whereas
Allah, with Him is the highest Reward. (16) So fear Allah as much as ye can;
listen and obey; and spend in charity for the benefit of your own souls. And
those saved from the covetousness of their own souls, — they are the ones that
achieve prosperity.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
We
see the same in 46, and 62 lines of Sura Rahman No. 55 in Koran : (46) “But for
such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat of) their
Lord, there will be two Gardens” — ...
(62)
“And besides these two, there are two other Gardens,” — ...
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this, in a word, it is clear that those who always fear of the coming Judgment
of God in hereafter, four Gardens of Heaven are reserved for them. And we
should know that every Garden of Heaven is full of various kinds of blissful
things to enjoy therein for ever.
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ Four Gardens of Heaven are for him who aye
Fears here to appear fore Judgment of God.”
“ Who fears in present life to be before
Judgment of God, four Edens are for him.”
[
46-62 lines of Sura Rahman No. 55 : Koran ]
We
see the same in 73 line of Sura Zumar No. 39 in Koran : (73) “And those who
feared their Lord will be led to the Garden in groups : until behold, they
arrive there; its gates will be opened; and its keepers will say : “Peace be
upon you ! well have ye done! enter ye here, to dwell therein.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
Now
we step back to our earlier saying where it is said that Heaven stands on
purity of soul; and purity of soul is mainly on chastity and liberality. Now we
see how the angels declare the result of Heaven or Hell of every man at the
point of death on the basis of his purity or impurity of soul in 28-29, and 32
lines of Sura Nahal No. 16 in Koran: (28) “(Namely) those whose lives the
angels take in a state of wrong-doing to their own souls, then would they offer
submission (with the pretence), “We did no evil (knowingly).” (The angels will
reply), “Nay, but verily Allah knoweth all that ye did; (29) so enter the gates
of Hell to dwell therein. Thus evil indeed is the abode of the arrogant.”
From
this it is clear that Hell is fixed for the man of impure soul.
Again we see in 32 line
of the same Sura : (32) “(Namely) those
whose lives the angels take in a state of purity, saying (to
them), “Peace be on you; enter ye the Garden, because of (the good) which ye
did (in the world).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
The
man who can get the good news of Heaven at the point of his death, at once he
will get a new formation of handsome body full bloom of youth to enjoy the
partial bliss of Heaven upto the reach of the Final Judgment of God in
hereafter. And then at the Day of Judgment he will get his full payment of good
deed in Heaven to live therein a perpetual pleasurable life. Similarly, the man
who gets the bad news of Hell at the point of his death, at once he will get an
ungly formation of body to get the partial punishment of Hell up to the reach
of his Final Judgment of God in hereafter. And then at the Day of Judgment he
will get his punishment in full in fire of Hell to live therein an eternal
painful life. So we can say that First Judgment of man begins at the point of
death on his death-bed; and his Final Judgment shall begin at the Day of
Judgment.
And
so God says in 185 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 in Koran : (185) “Every soul
shall have a taste of death : and only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid
your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and admitted to
the Garden will have succeeded: for the life of this world is but goods and
chattels of deception.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ O! First Judgment of God be declared at
Death-bed, and Final on Day of Judgment.”
[
28-32 lines of Sura Nahal No. 16; and 68-70 lines of Sura Zumar No. 39 : Koran
]
Again
we see this truth in the picture of the Day of Judgment in 68-70 lines of Sura
Zumar No. 39 in Koran : (68) “The Trumpet will (just) be sounded, when all that
are in the heavens and on earth will swoon, except such as it will please Allah
(to exempt). Then will a second one be sounded, when, behold, they will be
standing and looking on ! (69) And the Earth will shine with the light of its
Lord : the Record (of deed) will be placed (open); the prophets and the
witnesses will be brought forward; and a just decision pronounced between them;
and they will not be wronged (in the least). (70) And to every soul will be
paid in full (the fruit) of its deeds; and (Allah) knoweth best all that they
do.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From this, in short, it
is clear that the first violent sound of Trumpet will
destroy the whole universe. And the second term of the sound of Trumpet will
re-create the universe. And the world will be lighted with the light of Lord.
And this is the Day of final Judgment of God. And on this Day of Judgment all
men will get their respective reward of deed in full in Heaven or in Hell
according to the judgment of their deed.
And
the first Judgment of God begins at the point of our death at our death-bed
which is said before that we cannot see with our naked eye. As concerning this
first Judgment God says in 50-51 lines of Sura Anfal No. 8 in Koran: (50) “If
thou couldst see, when the angels take the souls of the Unbelievers (at death),
(how) they smite their faces and their backs, (saying) : “Taste the
chastisement of the blazing Fire — (51) this is “because of (the deeds) which
your (own) hands sent forth. For Allah is never unjust to His servants.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is clear that Hell’s punishment of fire begins from the point of death
on one’s death-bed; but we cannot see this cruel punishment on dying man with
our naked eye. Similarly, we cannot hear the good news of Heaven informed to
one who keeps the purity of soul at his death. And from this very moment he
enjoys the bliss of Heaven partially up to his final Judgment; and he will get
his full reward of deed at the Day of Judgment that is said before. It is like
an act of the study of a student who sees his result of Examination in
newspaper and after a month or two he gets his mark-sheet or certificate.
However,
we see that the sinner gets his punishment of Hell just from the beginning of
his death up to the Day of final Judgment. And just after final Judgment he
will suffer in fire of Hell according to the basis of his evil deed which is
recorded by the angels. And this punishment in Hell is so much violent that
none can imagine it with his merit. As Prophet Jesus says of this punishment in
8 line of Revelation 21 in New Testament of Bible : (8) “But the cowardly, the
unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practise
magic arts, the idolaters and all liars — their place will be in the fiery lake
of burning sulphur.” ...
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience in
support of the Voice of Prophet Jesus in 8 line of Revelation 21 : New
Testament of Bible :
“ All the sinners ’ll fall in blazing fire
Of Lake where death is dropped for ever.”
We see the same
unbearable punishment of Hell in 19-22 lines of Sura Haj No. 22 in Koran : (19)
...“but those who deny (their Lord), — for
them will be cut out a garment of Fire : over their heads will be
poured out boiling water. (20) With it will be melted what is within their
bodies, as well as (their) skins. (21) In addition there will be maces of iron
(to punish) them. (22) Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from
anguish, they will be forced back therein, and (it will be said) : “Taste ye
the Chastisement of Burning !”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O! garment of fire is fixed for sinner to
Give eternal grievous anguish in Hell.”
“ O! maces of iron are to punish sinner to force
Back in Hell as they try to flee away from
Hell.”
[
19-22 lines of Sura Haj No. 22 : Koran ]
Again
we see this in 56 line of Sura Nisa No. 4 in Koran : (36) “Those who reject Our
Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire : as often as their skins are roasted
through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the
Chastisement : for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience:
“ As sinner’s skin be dissolved in fire of
Hell, be fresh again to give aye anguish.”
[
56 line of Sura Nisa No. 4; 19-22 lines of Sura Haj No. 22 : Koran; 8 line of
Revelation 21 : New Testament of Bible; and 21-22 verses in 6th Chapter : Gita
]
In
case of a man who keeps the purity of soul, that is, who keeps specially the
moral quality of chastity and liberality shall get the good news of Heaven just
at the point of his death, and will enjoy partially the bliss of Heaven till
the Day of Judgment. And after this final Judgment he will have his reward in
full for his good deed in Heaven to enjoy for the endless day. And it is
already said before in 32 line of Sura Nahal No. 16 in Koran : (32) “(Namely)
those whose lives the angels take in a state of purity, saying (to them),
“Peace be on you; enter ye the Garden, because of (the good) which ye did (in
the world).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ First Judgment is on death-bed, final is on
Day of Judgment to give full fruit of deed.”
“ First Judgment on death-bed
gets partial
Desert of deed, the full on Day of Judgment.”
“ Good deed gets purity of soul to have
Heaven, evil impurity to get Erebus.”
[
28-32 lines of Sura Nahal No. 16; and 185 line of Sura Al-Imran No. 3 : Koran ]
After
the final Judgment of God a man, who earns the purity of soul, will be
astonished when he will see the untold wealth in Heaven as a reward of his
labour. As concerning this untold wealth of Heaven Prophet Jesus says in 9-10
lines of 1 Corinthians 2 in New Testament of Bible : (9) “However as it is
written : “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God
has prepared for those who love him” — (10) but God has revealed it to us by
his Spirit.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ Ah! Heaven’s wealth is beyond measure of man’s
Eye, ear and mind, — what is on love and good
deed.”
“ O! man fails to image untold wealth of Eden
With his limited range of eye, ear and mind.”
“ Ah! what a boundless delight in return for
Good deed is kept hidden is unknown to all.”
[
9-10 lines of 1 Corinthians 2 : New Testament of Bible; and 17 line of Sura
Sejda No. 32 : Koran ]
We
see the same in 17 line of Sura Sejda No. 32 in Koran : (17) “Now no person
knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden (in reserve) for them — as a
reward for their (good) Deeds.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
The
dweller of Heaven will live in palace beneath which flow the rivers. As God
says in 20 line of Sura Zumar No. 39 in Koran : (20) “But it is for those who
fear their Lord, that lofty mansions one above another have been built :
beneath them flow rivers : (such is) the Promise of Allah: never doth Allah
fail in (His) promise.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O! high palaces of many storeys are built for
The dwellers of Heaven for their good deeds.”
[
20 line of Sura Zumar No. 39 : Koran ]
We see the same in 58
line of Sura Ankabut No. 29 in Koran : (58) “But
those who believe and work deeds of righteousness — to them shall We give a
Home in Heaven, — lofty mansions beneath which flow rivers, — to dwell therein
for aye; — an excellent reward for those who do (good)! — (59) those who
persevere in patience, and put their trust in their Lord and Cherisher.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O! lofty mansion by river is in Heaven for him
Who loves Lord more than life with good deed.”
[
58 line of Sura Ankabut No. 29 : Koran ]
Four
kinds of rivers are for the dwellers of Heaven; and these are of water, milk,
wine and honey which we find in 15 line of Sura Muhammad No. 47 in Koran : (15)
“(Here is) the description of the Garden which the righteous are promised : in
it are rivers of water unstaling; rivers of milk of which the taste never
changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and
clean. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Forgiveness from their
Lord.”...
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Rivers of water, milk, wine, honey, and all
Kind of fruit are for dweller of Heaven.”
[
15 line of Sura Muhammad No. 47 : Koran ]
The
dwellers of Heaven will get therein golden thrones or couches, beautiful young
ladies as their wives, fruits, flesh of fowls etc. that we find in 15-24 lines
of Sura Wakia No. 56 in Koran : (15) “(They will be) on couches encrusted (with
gold and precious stones), (16) reclining on them, facing each other. (17)
Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness), (18) with
goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains :
(19) no after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer
intoxication : (20) and with fruits, any that they may select; (21) and the
flesh of fowls, any that they may desire. (22) And (there will be) Companions
with beautiful, big and lustrous eyes, — (23) like unto Pearls well-guarded,
(24) a Reward for the Deeds of their past (Life).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
concerning this Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ Ah! beautiful belles of
eternal youth are
For the dwellers of Heaven as their mates.”
[
15-24 lines of Sura Wakia No. 56 : Koran ]
Again
we see this in 71 line of Sura Zukhruf No. 43 in Koran : (71) “To them will be
passed round, dishes and goblets of gold : there will be there all that the
souls could desire, all that the eyes could delight in : and ye shall abide
therein (for aye).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O! dishes and goblets of gold ’ll pass round
Dweller of Eden, and get what soul desires.”
[
71 line of Sura Zukhraf No. 43 : Koran ]
We
should always know that Heaven is full of various kinds of blissful objects to
give man physical enjoyment. But in the end whenever God will show His
enlightened Figure, all the dwellers of Heaven will be astonished and will feel
much more delight than the physical pleasure which they enjoy in Heaven. And
this is no other than the spiritual pleasure. And then the dwellers of Heaven
will ardently appeal to God to show His enlightened Figure for ever and God
will admit it. And this truth we see in 34-35 lines of Sura Kaf No. 50 in Koran
: (34) “Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Eternal Life!”
(35) There will be for them therein all that they wish, — and there is more
with Us.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
[
“there is more with Us” indicates a boundless spiritual pleasure comes out of
the sight of the lightened Figure of God, and by the side of it the material
pleasure of Heaven bears merely a bit.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Heaven’s material delight bears a bit by
Spiritual comes of sight of God’s Figure.”
[
34-35 lines of Sura Kaf No. 50 : Koran ]
Now
it is an urgent need for us all to know that the Voice of Koran, that is,
Revelation of Koran comes down from God, and so it is not man-made. And this
truth we see in 37 line of Sura Yunus No. 10 in Koran : (37) “This Qur-an is
not such as can be produced by other than Allah; on the contrary it is a
confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of
the Book — wherein there is no doubt — from the Lord of the Worlds.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From this it is clear that all the revelations of God that we find
in His different Scriptures whether it is Koran, Bible or any an other One is
undoubtedly true. And all His Scriptures give us the same teaching to sanctify
our soul to get salvation to have Heaven as a reward of our labour. And Voice
of Koran itself bears its witness.
As
the Prophet Jesus says in 17 line of Matthew 5 in New Testament of Bible that
he has not come to abolish his earlier Prophets and their law or advice, rather
to re-establish them : (17) “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law
or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets from his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Jesus comes not to abolish Law and Prophets,
Nor to create any new rather to re-establish.”
“ Prophets come successively to reset Piety
As stewards from a Master to obey his order.”
[
17 line of Matthew 5 : New Testament of Bible ]
We
see the same in 7-8 verses of the 4th Chapter of Gita : (7) “Whenever there is
a decline of righteousness and rise of unrighteousness, O Bharata (Arjuna),
then I send forth (create incarnate) Myself, (8) for the protection of the
good, for the destruction of the wicked and for the establishment of
righteousness, I come into being from age to age.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ By Order of God Saint comes era after era to
Re-establish a religion to dominate devil.”
[7-8
verses in 4th Chapter : Gita; 17 line of Matthew 5 : New Testament of Bible;
and 24 line of Sura Fatir No. 35 : Koran ]
We
see the same in 13 line of Sura Shura No. 42 in Koran : (13) “The same religion
has He established for you (Muhammad) as that which He enjoined on Noah — the
which We have sent by inspiration to thee (Muhammad) — and that which We enjoined
on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus : namely, that ye should remain steadfast in
Religion, and make no divisions therein : to those who worship other things
than Allah, hard is the (way) to which thou callest them. Allah chooses to
Himself those whom He pleases, and guides to Himself those who turn (to Him).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
As Dr. Chowdhury says in
a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience:
“ One who divides in Scriptures, draws
Damnation of Hell, due to racial envy.”
From
this it is clear that the main theme of all the Scriptures or Revelations of
God are the same. And now anyone, violating this most threatening Warning of
God, if draws a difference in His Scriptures, surely shall fall in fire of Hell
for the cause of his racial envy.
As
God warns us strictly not to draw a distinction among the Scriptures of God, so
in the same way He warns us not to draw a difference among His Prophets due to
our envious racial mood or of any other reason. And if one violating this command
of God sees the difference among the Prophets, surely shall be thrown in fire
of Hell.
And
we see this in 152 line of Sura Nisa No. 4 in Koran : (152) “To those who
believe in Allah and His Messengers and make no distinction between any of the
Messengers, We shall soon give their (due) rewards: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
Here
is a word : as God says that those who do not draw distinction among the
Prophets will enter Heaven, so from this it is clear that those who differ
among the Prophets, surely shall fall in Hell for their envious motive. We
should always know that Heaven is forbidden for the man of envious mind whether
it is for the cause of his racial envy or of any other else.
However,
from the two successive quotations of Koran it is fully clear that those who
draw distinction both among the Scriptures of God and His Prophets, or either
in His Scriptures or in His Prophets, there violent rage of God will come down
on them to throw them in Fire of Hell. So we should all be too much conscious
of this Warning Voice of God.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Hoa! God’s Revelation is ever same in His
Scriptures, — who differs, draws the Hell.”
“ Oh! who differs either in Scriptures or
Prophets, or in both, brings fire of Hell.”
“ O, Prophets come era aft era to purify
The people with the same Words of God.”
“ Saint comes era aft era to edify
The heart of homo to have Heaven.”
“ Saint comes to sanctify
soul of the
People to give perpetual Paradise.”
[
152 line of Sura Nisa No. 4; 13 line of Sura Shura No. 42; 24 line of Sura
Fatir No. 35 : Koran; 17 line of Matthew 5 : New Testament of Bible; and 7-8
verses in 4th Chapter : Gita ]
Now
we step to consult about a serious Warning Voice of God against the act of
idolatry. Idolatry cannot help us to earn spiritual feeling to rectify our
soul, rather it grows a violent rage of God to throw the idolaters in fire of
Hell, for it is an unpardonable great sin in the sight of God. We should know
that spiritual feeling is the topmost way to purify our soul to get salvation
comes out of constant mental call, for a few days, on the name of God, not with
the help of idolatry. If a husband sees secretly an illicit mixing of his wife
with another a man on his bedroom at night, he can never pardon his wife for
her illegal love, so it is in case of
God and idolaters. Whenever God sees one to set idol or anything beside God as
an object of worship, there God’s Violent Wrath surely shall fall on him to
throw him in fire of Hell, for in His eye it is an unpardonable Sin.
And
this truth we see in 7-10 lines of Deuteronomy 5 in Old Testament of Bible :
(7) “You shall have no other gods before me. (8) You shall not make for
yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or the earth beneath
or in the waters below. (9) You shall not bow down to them or worship them, for
I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of
the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, (10) but
showing love to thousands who love me and keep my commandments.”
[
from — International Version of Bible ]
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ O! idolatry makes a violent ire of God
To throw the idolater in fire of Hell.”
“ Who disobeys order of Deity, draws
Penalty for his four generations.”
“ Ah! who obeys orders of Deity, descends
His Pity on his thousand generations.”
We
see this again in 13-15 lines of Deuteronomy 6 in Old Testament of Bible : (13)
“Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. (14)
Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; (15) for the Lord
your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against
you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land.”
[ from — New International Version of Bible ]
We
see the same in 116 line of Sura Nisa No. 4 in Koran : (116) “Allah forgiveth
not (the sin of) joining other gods with Him; but He forgiveth whom He pleaseth
other sins than this : one who joins other gods with Allah, hath strayed far,
far away (from the Right).”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is clear that as idolatry is an unpardonable sin so the idolaters
surely shall fall in fire of Hell. Therefore we should all be too much
conscious of this Threatening Voice of God.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a few couplets in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Who sets idol beside God as an object of
Worship, surely ’ll fall in fire of a Hell.”
“ God must not pardon the sin of idolatry,
But other than it may pardon if He wills.”
[
7-10 lines of Deuteronomy 5; 13-15 lines of Deuteronomy 6 : Old Testament of
Bible; 116 line of Sura Nisa No. 4 : Koran; and 66 verse in 18th Chapter : Gita
]
We
see this truth in 66 verse of 18th Chapter in Gita : (66) “Divorced from all
sorts of (outside) religious rites if be lost in Me (My name), there I shall
rescue you from all sins and have no cause of grief (fear).”
[
translated by Dr. Ashraf Chowdhury ]
And
this truth also we see in 65 verse of 18th Chapter in Gita : (65) “Fix thy mind
on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me; prostrate thyself before Me; so shall
thou come to Me. I promise thee truly, for thou art dear to Me.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
From
this it is clear that Srikrishna commands us in Gita to worship God save
idolatry, Who is only One, to have salvation to get the reward of Heaven.
From
all the quotations of the Bible, Koran and Gita it is fully clear that the
difference of Bible, Koran and Gita is no other than a difference of dress with
different colour of the same person in different place and time; and it is the
same in case of the Prophets or the Saints to re-establish the Religion.
And
this we see in 17 line of Matthew 5 in New Testament of Bible where the Prophet
Jesus says : (17) “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the
Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”
[
from — New International Version of Bible ]
Again we see this in 13 line of Sura Shura No. 42 in Koran : (13)
“The same Religion has He established for you (Mohammad S.M.) as that which He
enjoined on Noah — the which We have sent by inspiration to thee — (Mohammad
S.M.) and that which We enjoined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus : namely, that ye
should remain steadfast in Religion, and make no divisions therein :”...
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
We
also see this in case of the Prophets in 285 line of Sura Bakara No. 2 in Koran
: (285) “The Messenger (Prophet) believeth in what hath been revealed to him
from his Lord, as do the men of faith, each one (of them) believeth in Allah,
His angels, His Books and His Messengers. “We make no distinction (they say) between
one and another of His Messengers.”
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is fully clear that those among men who fully put faith in God, must
not draw any difference among the Prophets and their advice.
Again
we see this in 152 line of Sura Nisa No. 4 in Koran : (152) “To those who
believe in Allah and His Messengers and make no distinction between any of the
Messengers, We shall soon give their (due) rewards:”...
[
translated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ]
From
this it is fully clear that it is sure that one who draws difference among the
Prophets for his envious racial mood or for any other cause, Heaven is
forbidden for him, for he violates the order of God in Koran.
Again
we see this in 7-8 verses in 4th Chapter in Gita : (7) “Whenever there is a
decline of righteousness and rise of unrighteousness, O Bharata (Arjuna), then
I send forth (create incarnate) Myself.
(8)
For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked and for the
establishment of righteousness, I come into being from age to age.”
[
translated by S. Radhakrishnan ]
In
short, it is clear that God sends His Prophet or Saint in the people era after
era to re-establish His Religion when there loses its morality or the
principle. And it is to fully purify soul with submission to God by earning
spiritual feeling comes out of ceaseless mental call on the name of God nearly
for a week divorced from idolatry. And when a man gets spiritual feeling, it
must not be abolished from his heart even for a moment and ceaseless mental
call on God’s name shall be going on automatically in or without his knowledge
for ever.
As Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of
Conscience :
“ O, the difference of Koran, Bible and Gita
Differs the same man in different dress.”
[
17 line of Matthew 5 : New Testament of Bible; 13 line of Sura Shura No. 42;
285 line of Sura Bakara No. 2; 152 line of Sura Nisa No. 4; 24 line of Sura
Fatir No. 35 : Koran; and 7-8 verses in 4th Chapter: Gita]
Here
is a word : some Prophets may be something honoured or greater than one another
for their different qualities; but it is not a matter of our judgement but of
God. But we have to love and honour them equally more than our life as being a
student we should love and honour our all teachers like our father though they
are of different academic qualification high or low.
God
gives some qualities to Prophet Jesus to give life to a dead man, to recover
the eyes of the blind, to cure the leper etc. by the leave of God. God directly
speaks with the Prophet Moses on a mount Sinai which no Prophet could get this
chance. God with the help of angels ascended Prophet Mohammad (S.M.) near to
His Seat above the seventh sky at night for some private talk behind His
screen. And no Prophet could get this chance, etc. So as God comands us not to
draw any distinction among the Prophets, so without any doubt we should obey
His order or else we have to be fallen in fire of Hell for our disobedience. So
we should all be too much conscious of this Threatening Voice of God.
As
Dr. Chowdhury says in a couplet in his 2nd Part of Core of Conscience :
“ Ah! difference of Prophets are a difference
Of stewards of same Master to obey his order.”
[ 31-34 lines of John 4;
17-18 lines of Matthew 5; 20-21 lines of 2 Peter 1 : New Testament of Bible; 24
line of Sura Fatir No. 35; 152 line of Sura Nisa No. 4 : Koran; 7-8 verses in
4th Chapter, and 25-26 verses in 3rd Chapter : Gita ]
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Salvation within a Week
(The Instruction to attain
Spiritual
Feeling
within a Week)
1. You have to be absorbed in vow of silence for a week. It
is only for the concentration of your mind.
2. You have to mentally call on God’s name ceaselessly at
every breath even through the .period of taking meal, walking, sitting or discharging
stool or urine without feeling any hesitation.
3. You may select any name of God whether it is Ram, Oam,
Krishna, Hari, Allah, God or any good name you like. And by this name you have
to call Him through an imageless way, that is, to have spiritual feeling
idolatry is unnecessary.
4. You never loudly call His name, even must not make a low
sound, for whenever you loudly call His name, your throat will be droughty and
feel weary and headache. And as a result, last of all you cannot but grow impatient
to drop the work.
5. Again you should not call His name wholly mentally in a
silent way, for in this case you may forget the continuation of your work for
about half an hour, even one, two or
three hours at a stretch. Therefore at
the time of mental call of His name you should slightly move the top of your
tongue and two lips. This silent moving of your tongue and lip shall remind you
that your work is going on. And so in this case there is no probability of your
forgetfulness to mentally call His name at every breath.
6. You may go to bed to sleep habitually at any time of day
and night you like. And even you need not shorten the period of your sleep. But
you have to sleep calling His name at every breath; and whenever you raise from
sleep, at once will go on with this work like before. But it will be harmful to
this work if you intentionally drop this work even for a few minutes. .
7. In this period, you must not mentally read the newspaper,
scripture or any theology nor hear the radio, or the television, for it must
divert your mind from the calling of His name at every breath.
8. Before you start this work you should ask your mother,
wife or sisters to arrange before you all your necessary things of bathing,
meals, breakfast, excretion etc. so that you need not ask anybody for any
necessary thing, and also like you they should not speak to you.
9. Whenever you go out of your home to sit or to walk, you
should always cast down your look on the ground at the distance of five feet
from your foot. For this treatment of looking your sight must not fall on the
young ladies, who are coming and going beside you, nor any attractive sight
round you will fall on your eye. And as a result, your mind must not be fickle
to disturb your concentration of mind.
10. You may sit here and there, but always be alone, and never
sit in the people, otherwise it will break the fixity of your mind.
11. You will sit on meditation twice a day at the time of
morning and afternoon or any time you like, closing your eyes and folding the
two legs. If you ceaselessly call His name at every breath why then it should
be needed to sit again on meditation in such a way? It is no more than a way to
remove your monotony of this work. During this period of meditation whenever
you will feel some pain in backbone, be erect in sitting and will feel some
ease. But the very moment you will feel vexation, at once you should drop the
meditation though it may be a period of half, one or two hours after the
beginning of meditation, for whensoever you will forcibly sit on meditation
against your will or interest, an impatient mood will gradually grow in your
mind without your knowledge; and within a few days it will increase in such a
way that you cannot but drop your whole work. But for any time you should never
drop even a breath to mentally call His name.
12. During this period you must not call His name with the help
of bead, for it will make a bar or vexation to call His name at every breath
than before.
13. In this period you may go out of home once or twice a day
you like, for it may be better rather than staying in a room all day long,
because it will remove your monotony of this work. But always you must remember
that you should not miss even a breath from the calling of God’s name.
14. During this period you will pray to God at the time of
morning, evening and before going to bed at night saying this, ‘O my Lord, all
praise are for you. Give me such an interest, patience and stability of mind on
my work that I may ceaselessly call Your name at every breath up to the raising
of my spiritual feeling. And pardon me for all the guilt
I did past intentionally or
without my knowledge, for You are the endless in Ruth to pardon. And You shower
on me such a sense of repentance that I may correct myself and never dare again
to do the same evil up to the reach of my death. And thus saving me from the
damnation of Hell clear my path towards the way of Heaven.’ Thus you will pray
to God in your mother language. This prayer will render you new inspiration in
your work.
15. In this way, if you can continue this mental call on God’s
name at every breath, certainly you shall attain the spiritual feeling in a
week and even within two, three or four days too if you are a lucky one. But on
the other hand this spiritual feeling can never be raised in your heart even
throughout your life if you take leisure in this work from time to time
without ceaselessly calling of His name at every breath. This is the most
characteristic of the attainment of spiritual feeling.
16. At once at the raising of spiritual feeling, first, you
will feel or enjoy such a boundless pleasure that none can imagine with the
help of his knowledge. This pleasure is no other than a pleasure of your
practical appreciation of the veracity of your idea about God, virtue, vice,
hereafter, Judgment etc. which has been formed in your mind before. This very
pleasure is no other than spiritual pleasure.
17. Just from the beginning of the attainment of spiritual
feeling, you will practically appreciate the truthfulness of the judgment of
virtue and vice in such a way that you can never look again towards the young
ladies nor can think of them even for a moment too. And from this time, you
cannot but cast down your look on the ground before them during the period of
your walking or sitting by the prick or pressure of your conscience to refrain
your mind from the lustful sight and thought. And thus you shall have the full
development of restraint, that is, your soul shall be free from all sorts of
physical and mental sin. And as a result, whenever you meet the death, you will
reach the Hand of God with a full purified soul to live eternally in the
blissful abode of Heaven as a reward of the purification of your soul.
And therefore your soul cannot be
purified without spiritual feeling. And none can be rescued from the damnation
or punishment of Hell unless and until he can fully purify his soul. And the
ceaseless mental call or repetition of the name of God at every breath is the
only way to have spiritual feeling.
18. First, you should think yourself deeply about this muse or
work at least for one and half month and strengthen your stability of mind like
a stone, then step towards this work, otherwise in the midway if you grow
impatient, you can never get back the energy by which you can again proceed
further in this work. You must know that impatience is the great enemy of this
work.
19. If you are a man of service-holder, you should take leave
for a week to do this work in home.
20. If spiritual feeling is raised once in your heart, it can
never be lost throughout your life. Just at the raising of spiritual feeling
you must forget all the past vexation being touched with the spiritual pleasure
and cannot but be more enamoured to call God’s name ceaselessly at every breath.
21. After having gained the spiritual feeling you may do all
the household activities like before and speak necessary word that cannot be at
any time harmful to your spiritual feeling, for when once you get the feeling,
it will last for life and cannot be abolished in any case from your heart. Then
you will be a man of reserved speech and brevity.
In this way, you may begin your
work at home. But it would be better for you if you before this read Vivekkosh
(Bengali), Torch of Truth, Core of Conscience or Thesis on Gita, Koran and
Core of Conscience written by the Instructor, for these will render you
water-like clear conception about salvation.
In case of necessity, you may
meet the Instructor whose home-address and the direction of the way of his home
is given below.
Address — Dr. A. Chowdhury
Vill.& P.O. — Basarkhola
(via — Debagram)
Dist. — Nadia, West Bengal, India.
Mob: 9233626585
Direction of the way — On the way
to Lalgola from Calcutta (Shealdah) by the train you have to get down at Debagram.
And thereafter you will get bus or rickshaw to reach his village Basarkhola
which is five miles far from the station Debagram.
Another way — You may get down at
Katwa stands on Howrah train-line. And from there acrossing the river Ganga
you have to reach Ballavepara Ghat. There you will get bus to reach Ashachiya
that stands near his village Basarkhola, — a way of twenty minutes on foot.
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