32 Preface وَبَرًّا بِوالِدَتي وَلَم يَجعَلني جَبّارًا شَقِيًّاYusuf Ali“(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;1Overbearing violence is not only unjust and harmful to those on whom it is practised; it is perhaps even more harmful to the person who practises it, for his soul becomes turbid, unsettled, and ultimately unhappy and wretched-the state of those in Hell. Here the negative qualities are “not overbearing or miserable”. As applied to John they were “not overbearing or rebellious.” John bore his punishment from the State without any protest or drawing back.