Arba'in — Page 129
Number Four 129 taken as simply a deception by an objector, and God forbid, it will resemble the vain talk of a shopkeeper. The conscience of those who respect the Word of God Almighty will certainly not accept at all that the phrase spoken by God ْوَل َلَّوَقَت اَنْيَلَع is so ambiguous as to have no proof supporting it. It is patently obvious that God Almighty’s rebuking these oppo- nents—who neither accept the prophethood of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, nor the Divine ori- gin of the Holy Quran—with a statement lacking proof is merely inadequate and insufficient to satisfy even children. It is evident that the opponents and deniers will not obtain any satisfaction from it; rather, in their view this is only a claim with no support- ing evidence. How ridiculous a belief is it to say: ‘If I commit this particular sin, I will be killed’, even though tens of millions of others commit that very sin every day throughout the world but are not killed? And how repulsive an excuse is it to say that ‘God does not do anything to other liars and sinners, but that this punishment is reserved specifically for me’? It is even more puzzling that the individual making the claim does not provide any proof that he knows from previous experiences—and as witnessed by others— that whenever he commits that particular sin, he is inevitably pun- ished. Thus, the judicious Words of God Almighty were revealed to provide conclusive arguments to the world. To think of them in this absurd manner is equal to mocking and making fun of them. You will find in the Holy Quran at hundreds of places that God Almighty does not spare the one who ascribes a lie to Him and punishes him in this very world and destroys him.