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Attractions and repulsions have a few categories, in some
case attraction .and repulsion both are forceful, in others both are weak,
while in the rest of the cases the degrees of the strength of attraction and
repulsion are at variance interse. The dignified are those whose attraction
and repulsion both are forceful, and this is relative to the strength of
positive and negative values in their nature. Of course, the force also has
degrees, so that it should reach the point that captivates friends who lay
down their lives for his sake and may sacrifice themselves at his pleasure; on
the other hand, their enemies are also headstrong and heedless about
themselves while acting in their opposition. Their power of attraction and
repulsion becomes so predominant that it permeates the vast canvas of the
generations for centuries to come and this three dimensional attraction and
repulsion is among the special charms of the saints, as to be a
three-dimensional mission is the special distinction of the Apostolic
missions.
Yet another aspect for us to see is what types they attract
and what types they repel, e.g., sometimes the wise are attracted and the fool
arc repelled and sometimes vice versa. Sometimes the noble and the virtuous
are attracted and the ignoble and the vicious are repelled and sometimes vice
versa. Hence the friends and the adversaries of and those attracted and
repelled by a man form the irrefutable evidence of his intrinsic faculty
Only a person's having attraction and repulsion, or even his
faculties being forceful, will not suffice it to say that he has a commendable
personality; it is rather an index of the origin of his personality, and
nobody's personality alone is evidence of his virtue. All great men and
leaders of the world, including the cunning criminals like Changaiz, Hajjaj
and Mo'aviyha, were men having both attraction and repulsion. Without some
"positive" points, no one can oblige thousands of warriors to submit
to him and be subdued to his designs, unless one has the quality of
leadership, one in one's time cannot muster the people around oneself.
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