God Almighty, in His perfect generosity, compassion and justice, has placed within every good deed an immediate reward, and within every evil deed an immediate punishment. He has placed within good deeds spiritual pleasures that anticipate the reward of the hereafter, and within wicked deeds torments that are a foretaste of the punishment of the hereafter.
For example, love among the believers is counted as a beautiful and virtuous deed for the people of faith. There is contained within that virtuous deed a pleasure, joy and expansion of the heart that are related to the more substantial reward of the hereafter. Anyone who examines his own heart can experience this pleasure. Similarly, hostility and enmity among the believers constitute a wicked deed that causes their magnanimous spirits to feel a moral torment and their hearts to be stifled in distress.
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