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What Wisdom Brings With It

justness, tolerance, and forgiveness among many other virtues.
And a wise person is successful in displaying all of these quali-
ties in the best possible way, in every situation he or she faces.
He knows that the more care he takes in evincing these qualities,
the better Allah will recompense him in the Hereafter.
For this reason, a wise person acts according to his conscience
in situations he faces every day. For example, he helps someone
in need without leaving the responsibility to others. He carries
out all the good things he knows that Allah will approve of,
without missing any of them. Or he helps someone who is trying
to carry a heavy object instead of sitting and watching him.
Whenever he sees someone who is elderly or sick on a bus, he
prefers to stand and give his seat to that person. Otherwise he
knows that he will be uncaring and this is something Allah will
not approve of. Even when he faces a situation that angers him,
he knows that Allah will prefer him to act with kindness, so he
overcomes his anger and responds to the person concerned with
kind words. He is always honest, even when he knows that it
will be of disadvantage to him.
One, who displays all the above qualities in the best possible
way till the end of his life using the full power of his mind, lives
a good life in this world. Moreover, because he was aiming to
please Allah with his behaviour, he will be rewarded with
Heaven are elaborated upon in the following verses:
But as for those who believe and do right actions, We
will not let the wage of good-doers go to waste. They
will have Gardens of Eden with rivers flowing under
them. They will be adorned in them with bracelets
made of gold and wear green garments made of the
finest silk and rich brocade, reclining there on couches