When we analyze such behaviour...

When we analyze such behaviour, we see that the ugliness of such deeds is so clear that an intelligent person would never even consider them. It is here that we can imagine what this short phrase means and say that every intelligent and healthy person is ‘free of’ unacceptable deeds. From this stage, we take a step further. We see some people who are free from unacceptable deeds.

For instance, an aware physician and expert who knows the various kinds of microbes well are never prepared to drink the polluted water or the dirty clothes of a person who has one of the most dangerous contagious diseases whereas an illiterate person, perhaps, would be indifferent to such a thing. With another simple example, we reach the point that however much the level of a person rises in the area of awareness, they are less likely to do evil or ugly deeds.

Taking into consideration that if a person’s faith and awareness were to rise and have so much faith in God and His court of justice so that everything that he sees is present before his eyes, such a person will be free of all sin and every ugly deed in relation to him, like walking naked through the streets, will be in our eyes only.

For such a person, the property of something forbidden is just like the flames of fire, and just like we do not put fire in our mouths, he does not put something which is forbidden into his mouth. We can then conclude that the prophets, because of the extraordinary knowledge , awareness and faith they have, tame the motives of sin and the most exciting factors causing sin will not prevail upon his intellect and faith.

This is why we say that the prophets are immaculate; they are insured against sin. How can the Station of Purity be an Honour? Some people who do not understand the meaning of purity and the factors of immaculateness and being free from sin are not aware of the fact that if God prevents one from sin and destroys the factors which cause sin, this will not be an honour for that person! This is coercive purity and therefore is not considered to be a virtue.

But, with the discussion which he had above, this issue is very clear: The freedom of the Prophets from sin in no sense is a coercive one. Rather, it is born from their strong faith and absolute certainty, their awareness and extraordinary knowledge and this is the greatest honour for them. If an aware physician takes care of and treats a person with the worst of diseases is this a sign of his being forced to do so?