When Ignorance 'observed how God has honoured Reason and how...

When Ignorance 'observed how God has honoured Reason and how God bestowed upon it the armies, feeling of hostility sprang in its breast; and Ignorance addressed God, ،¥O،¦ my Lord! Reason is a creation as I am, you have created it, honoured it, and also strengthened it with the armies of capabilities, and I am exactly the opposite of it. I have not been strengthened (to compete with it).

Hence bestow upon me the armies (capabilities) as you have done on Reason.،¦ The Almighty God accepted its request and said, ،¥Should you defy My orders again I shall dismiss you and your allies from My clemency.،¦ Ignorance said, ،¥I accept (the condition).،¦ The Almighty God bestowed upon it seventy-five forces." Good which has been appointed as the waz.r (vizier) of Reason is the opposite of Evil which, in its turn, is the waz.r of Ignorance; Faith and Belief, opposite of which is Disbelief; Confirmation, the opposite of which is Repudiation; Hope, the opposite of which is Frustration; Justice, the opposite of which is Oppression; Divine Pleasure, the opposite of which is (divine) displeasure; Gratitude, the opposite of which is Ingratitude; Optimism (in respect of all good in this life and the life hereafter), the opposite of which is Pessimism; Complete Reliance on God, the opposite of which is Lust and greed (which is the result of distrust in God); Kind heartedness, the opposite of which is Hard heartedness; Mercifulness, the opposite of which is Indignation; Knowledge, the opposite of which is Ignorance; Wisdom, the opposite of which is Stupidity; Chastity, the opposite of which is Shamelessness; Renunciation (from what God has declared to be unlawful), the opposite of which is Temptation; Friendliness and Sociability, the opposite of which is Stupidity and Awkwardness (which doesn't enable a man to adjust himself to the society); Divine Fear, the opposite of which is Audacity; Humility, the opposite of which is Conceit; Ease, the opposite of which is Hastiness; Forbearance, the opposite of which is Insolence and shallowness of mind; Silence, the opposite of which is Garrulity; Resignation to God, the opposite of which is Conceit and defiance; Acceptance, the opposite of which is Scepticism.