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The Prophet S. A. told in one of his lectures: Would you like Iinform you one of the best moralities of the world and hereafter? Forgiving one who has been unjust with you, and relation with those who have broken their relation with you, and goodness with one who has been unjust with you, and bounty to one who has deprived you.. [١]

According to this tradition which Prophet S. A. has expressedit as a public lesson in an assembly of some Moslems( the lecture indicates this sense ), the best ethic of this and the other world is" forgiveness" and" repelling vice with goodness". Three out of four phrases mentioned above are concerned with repelling vice with goodness and only one phrase is concerned with forgiveness and pardon ..

عَنْ ابِي جَعْفَرٍ (الْباقِرِ) عليه السلام: «ثَلاثٌ لا يَزِيدُ اللَّهُ بِهِنَّ الْمَرْءَ الْمُسْلِمَ الّا عِزّاً: الصَّفْحُ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَهُ، وَ اعْطاءُ مَنْ حَرَمَهُ، وَ الصِّلَةُ لِمَنْ قَطَعَهُ» ..

Imam Bagher A. S. told: There are three things which do notresult in anything for a Moslem, save honor: forgiving one who has been unjust with him, bounty to one who has deprived him, and relation with one who has broken his relation with him.. [٢]

In the above tradition too, three deeds are called the meansof honor and power, two of which are concerned with repelling vice with goodness, and one is concerned with forgiveness and pardon.

It should not be mistaken; forgiveness and pardon shallnever be confused with submission to an unjust enemy. Rather, submission is the sign of disability and lack of personality and

[١]Majlessi ,BeharolAnvar ,٩٩٣ /١٧

[٢]Majlessi ,BeharolAnvar ,volume ١٧ ,page ٣٠٤