Arba'in — Page 77
Number Three 77 What wouldn’t a desperate, dying man do? Therefore, through this announcement we demand from Ha fi z Muhammad Y u suf the presentation of the evidence that he had promised in a written signed statement of his. We know it for certain that the Quranic argument can never be refuted. It is an argument put forth by God, and not by any human being. Many wretched and unfortunate ones came into the world and they desired to disprove this argument of the Quran, but, in the end, they themselves passed away from the world whereas this argument could not be refuted. Ha fi z Sahib is devoid of knowledge and is unaware that thousands of renowned scholars and saints have always presented this argument to dis- believers, and no Christian or Jew ever had the power to point out any such person who had, by way of fabrication, claimed to be commissioned by Allah and then went on to complete twen- ty-three years of life thereafter. Then what is the worth and veracity of Ha fi z Sahib that he should be able to refute this argument? It seems that this is pre- cisely the reason why some ignorant maulaw i s who lack under- standing continued thinking of various schemes to bring about my death, so that this period [of twenty-three years] may not be completed. Just as the Jews—God forbid—schemed to kill Hadrat Mas ih [ Jesus] through crucifixion so that they could claim that he was not exalted to God. They wanted to have evi- dence that Jesus, son of Mary, was not among those truthful ones who are exalted to God. However, God promised to Jesus that He would save him from being crucified, and would exalt him to