Arba'in — Page 94
94 Perhaps they feel it is permissible to tell lies about God Almighty. A person with ill-will can assume that perhaps the reason Ha fi z Muhammad Y u suf insists on this point and repeatedly declares in every gathering that one who tells lies about God for twen- ty-three years does not have to be destroyed, is because Ha fi z Sahib himself, God forbid, might have told a few lies about God in saying that he had a dream or received a revelation and yet he had still lived on. So, he may have also held doubts 1 ٭ in his mind about the validity of God’s words about His Noble Messenger, which state that if the Prophet had lied about God, God would have cut his life-artery. Ha fi z Sahib wondered why God had not cut his life-artery. The reply to this is that the said verse is about the Messengers, Prophets, and Appointees who invite millions of people toward themselves, and through whose lying the world is brought to ruin. However, a person who does not declare himself to be appointed by God as a Mu s le h of the people, and does not claim to be a Prophet or Messenger; rather, he claims in jest or to impress peo- ple that he had this dream or received that revelation, and lies or adds falsehood to truth, such a person is like a worm of filth, who is born in filth and dies in filth. Such a devilish person does not merit the honour of God informing him that if he lied about God, he would be destroyed. On the contrary, owing to his degree of utter worthlessness, he does not deserve any recognition. No one is his follower, nor does anyone consider him to be a Prophet or 1. ٭ We certainly never entertained the thought that Ha fi z Sahib, God forbid, lied about God and then adopted this creed because he did not receive any punishment. Our conviction is that to attribute a lie to God is an act of wicked people, and they are ultimately destroyed. Author