Arba'in — Page 135
ARBAIN NUMBER FOUR 135 It is clearly evident that to express things in this manner is to set forth the Shariah, which is also a duty of the Promised Messiah. Thus, that argument of yours falls apart, which states that someone who brings a shariah and is a liar cannot remain alive for twenty-three years. It should be kept in mind that all these comments are vain and disgraceful. The night that I explained these points to this friend of mine is the very night that I experienced the condition from God Almighty which descends upon me at the time of Allah's wahi— that scene of the discussion was replayed [before me], and then the ilham [revelation] occurred: قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى اللَّهِ هُوَ الْهُدَى [Say, 'The (real) guidance is only the guidance from Allah. ] Meaning, what God had disclosed to me about this verse لَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا is indeed the correct meaning. After receiving this ilhām, I wanted to find some precedents of this from the earlier Scriptures. I came to know that the entire Bible is full of such examples where false prophets have been destroyed. Therefore, I think it would be appropriate to quote some of these exam- ples so that the readers may benefit from them. These are as follows: 1. And if he had falsely attributed even a trivial statement to Us (Sūrah al- Haqqah, 69:45). [Publisher]