#### The First Way

The First Way

Four points should be known in beholding the elevated question of his person.

The First: In accordance with the rule 'The artificial is never like the authentic,' no matter how perfect, the artificial and fake can never take the place of the genuine, for it gives an impression of showy pretence.

The Second: What fixes elevated morals in the ground of truth is seriousness. And what perpetuates their life like the circulation of blood, and strengthens the self-respect born of their blending, and sets those moral virtues in order is truthfulness. Yes, the moment the bonds of truthfulness and seriousness are severed, elevated morals dry up and wither.

The Third: The famous rule that attraction is felt between mutually corresponding things and repulsion is experienced between mutually contradictory things is valid in spiritual and moral matters just as it is in material ones.

The Fourth: 'A power is found in the whole that is not present in the parts.' Let us come now to the main aim. According to the testimony of the books of the Prophet's (UWBP) biography, the self-respect and dignity arising from the multiplicity of elevated morals which he most certainly possessed, and from their being comprehensive and blending together, indicated that — by reason of the honour and integrity which proceeded from that self-respect and dignity and due to the mystery of opposites, like the angels are exempted from mixing with devils — those high morals were exalted above and exempt from lying and trickery. And also, since they comprised truthfulness and rightness, which are their very life and leaven, they proclaim prophethood as brilliantly as a blaze of light.

Note

Brother! You see that a man who is famous for bravery alone does not stoop easily to lying, lest he wounds the honour his fame accords him. So how could a person who possessed all the moral qualities at once descend to deceit? Yes, there is found in the whole what is not present in the parts.