SOME THOUGHTS ABOUTY MERCY
“Mercy” is the quality of those weak
or powerful persons who believe in
compassion, pity, charity, forgiveness, kindness, sympathy, tolerance and
generosity.
Most of the powerful persons believe
in revenge.
Punishment is common in the laws of
all the countries.
Many parents are not tolerant and soft-hearted.
There was a time when school teachers
punished their students mercilessly even for minor acts of disobedience or misbehavior.
Human beings , as children of
benevolent God, expect mercy and
forgiveness . They think that mercy is one of the greatest attributes
of God Almighty. God in their view is an
immensely kind-hearted Father.
Many social reformers believe that punishment
for crimes and offences is not so effective as a gift of mercy and forgiveness.
Some religions propagate several
acts of mercy; for example: giving food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty,
hospitality to the homeless strangers, clothes to the naked, care to the sick, inspirational
visits to the prisoners.
Note that forgiveness is a cardinal
virtue in almost every religion, like Christianity
and Buddhism.
To
conclude , here is a sonnet from the play Merchant
of Venice, Act 4, Sc1, written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) .
The quality of mercy is not strain”d.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from
heaven,
Upon the place beneath: it is twice
bless’d;
It blesseth him that gives and him
that takes:
‘T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it
becomes
The throned monarch better than his
crown;
His sceptre shows the force of
temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear
of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred
sway,
It is enthroned in the hearts of
kings.
It is an attribute to God himself,
An earthly power doth then show
likest God’s
When mercy seasons justice.
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G.R. Kanwal
24 November 2025
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