Arba'in — Page 147
Number Four 147 a model of a jam a l i manner of life. This is a trial from God, and He is testing you to see how you fare in exemplifying this. Before you, the Companions, Allah be pleased with them, set a praiseworthy example of a jal a l i life. And that was absolutely the time to manifest a jal a l i manner of life because the disbelievers were butchering people of faith like sacrificial lambs to honour their idols and to promote the worship of created objects. Stones, stars, elements, and other creations were given Divine status. Hence, that age was certainly the age for jihad [of the sword], so those who raised the sword to oppress others were to be killed by the sword. Therefore, the Companions, Allah be pleased with them, silenced the men of swords with the sword. They of the House of Allah shall result in the disclosure of an enormous treas- ure underneath it. That treasure will consist of sophisticated spiritual insights. This phenomenon is not limited to the House of Allah, but each and every verse of the Holy Quran carries within it a treasure that the disbelievers want to demolish and falsify with their antagonist as- saults. No Muslim will pull down the House of Allah nor will he wish to destroy the edifice of the Holy Quran. Rather, in accord with the mes- sage contained in the Hadith, the disbelievers are trying to knock down this structure while treasures are coming out from underneath it. That is why I also hold dear the disbelievers because, through them, we are receiving the hidden gems of the House of Allah and the Holy Quran. In addition to this, there is one more meaning applicable here: In His revelation, God has also called me Baitull a h [the House of Allah], which indicates that the more my opponents strive to demolish this House, the more treasures of divine knowledge and heavenly Signs will emerge from it. Accordingly, my experience is that at the time of every persecu- tion a treasure is certainly disclosed. One of the ilh a m in this context is: �یکے اپےئ نم ےم وبس�ی� د و نم ےم متفگ ہک رجح ِ اَوسد منم [Someone kissed my foot and I told him: ‘I am the Black Stone’. ] Author