Indulge [people] with forgiveness, that is, with what is painless and effortless for them and do not charge them with what is not easy for them; and enjoin kindness, that is, [enjoin] in a beautiful way, and turn away from the ignorant, without dignifying their ignorance. It is reported from Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, may God be satisfied with him: 'God enjoined His Prophet to the noblest of character traits, and there is no verse in the QurÌān which encompasses the noblest character traits better than this one'. He [Jaʿfar] said this because of the definitiveness of the evidence it contains for the affirmation of Oneness. For the one who witnesses the Owner of all forelocks [sc. humans] and how He disposes of His servants and that they in what they do and what they leave behind [they do so] through Him and through themselves, will not burden them or scrutinise them in the obligations with which they are charged, nor will he become wrathful in enjoining [them] to decency and forbidding indecency, nor be severe towards them, but instead will act with forbearance towards them.