Attaching the right to generosity and pardoning the offender is greater than blaming someone for wrongdoing, for blaming and punishing is a reward, and there is no merit in punishing evil unless it is in this world, because establishing punishments prevents public harm and the benefits that it entails. People are accustomed to such things as the Almighty, the Most High, saying: “And for you in retaliation there is life, but in the hereafter nothing.” Then what is repulsed by the punishment of the wrongdoer is what is repulsed by him in this world. Thus, if the servant said this on the Day of Resurrection or whenever he said it to God by way of intercession, it was as if he were advising the divine station to praise him if he pardoned. Regarding the one who does wrong with generosity, patience, and virtue, this is the essence of gratitude. This is the meaning of his saying, “Religion is sincere for God,” that is, in the right of God. He seeks to praise God if He pardons, wit