Chapter II: Patience and Gratefulness
(4) Fourth division: The good works of the next worldly fortune are divided into three classes - (1) beneficial. (2)
enjoyable and (3) beautiful. The things which are profitable in the next world is beneficial. The things which give enjoyment at present is enjoyable. The things which are good in all circumstances are beautiful. The injurious things are of 3 kinds - injurious, heinous and troublesome.
(5) Fifth division: Every pleasure giving thing may be called a gift. There are three kinds of pleasures of men - (1) pleasure of knowledge, (2) bodily pleasure which is connected with some animals (3) and the pleasure which is connected with all animals.
the other organs of body except by soul. The pleasure of learning cannot be gained except by the learned Nature does not get fatigued with the acquisition of knowledge. The best benefit of learning is that it does not require any guard but wealth requires it. The more you spend learning, the more it increases, but the more you spend wealth the more it decreases. Learning guards you but you guard riches. Wealth may be stolen, but learning cannot be stolen. The learned live in peace but the rich live in fear:
Learning is always beneficial but wealth sometimes leads to salvation and sometimes to destruction. For this reason, God in some places in the Quran termed wealth as Khair or good. Some people do not find pleasure in learning because they have got disease in their hearts. They are like the diseased man who does not get the taste of honey and considers it as bitter. Those who get no pleasure in learning and knowledge are divided into three classes - (1) those whose hearts have not increased like those of boys (2) those whose hearts have become dead by constantly following their passions and low desires. (3) those whose hearts are diseased for following their passions. God says: There are diseases in their hearts - 2 : 10 Q. From this it appears that there is disease in intellect. God says: To warn those who are alive. Those whose hearts have been dead have been told of in this verse. He whose body is alive but heart is dead is dead to God, though he is alive to the ignorant people. For this reason, the martyrs are alive before their Lord and they are given provision. Though their bodies are dead they are alive.
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