Arba'in — Page 75
Number Three 75 that, despite him being a false prophet, God gave respite to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings be on him, as well! However, it is impossible that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be on him, was a false prophet. Therefore, what entails the impossible is also impossible. Evidently this reasoning of the Holy Quran can only be considered to be manifestly clear if it is accepted as a universal principle that God never gives res- pite to a liar who claims to be commissioned by Allah so that he may misguide the people. Otherwise, the sovereignty of God falls into chaos and the distinction between the truthful and the false disappears. In short, when the above argument was presented to Ha fi z Sahib in favour of my claim, he vehemently rejected it, and asserted that false claimants can quite possibly live for twen- ty-three years or more. And he stated that I promise that I will provide examples of such liars who had made false claims to prophethood but had continued to live for twenty-three years or more. However, he has not presented any examples so far! And all those who are well acquainted with books about Islam know it all too well that up to this day no scholar from among the Muslim Ummah has ever expressed the belief that any fabricator of lies against Allah can remain alive for 23 years like the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be on him. On the contrary, this would be a great insult and a clear assault on the honour of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be on him, and a disregard of the argument presented by God Almighty. Yes, Ha fi z Sahib had this right to ask me for proof as to