Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 25
Account of Subsequent Signs, Miracles & Divine Succour 25 and did not fear Him and were growing in sinfulness and trans- gression and did not desist. And when they were told to listen carefully to that which Allah had revealed for them, they turned back on their heels. Allah, therefore, tightened His punishment around them so that they might repent. You will find most peo- ple’s hearts inclined towards the world and they cling tightly to it. Their carnal desires are raging as if springs are gushing forth from them. When they were told, ‘Do not disobey the command of your Lord and join those who follow me since the plague has also destroyed you,’ they replied, ‘Indeed, you are the Antichrist’. They said this despite the fact that they have not yet fully intel- lectually comprehended my case, nor have they shown patience like the men of wisdom. They have witnessed the heavenly and earthly signs, yet they do not adopt piety; they are rather a dis- obedient people. Surely the age has come to its end and most of the signs they were waiting for have become manifest. Yet, they see not. Do these signs represent the Antichrist? If you indeed speak the truth, then produce the like of them; [the fact is that] in light of the Book of Allah it is you who are ill-fated and Allah has decreed only Antichrist in your fate. What has gone wrong with you? What kind of decisions are you making? Allah’s prom- ise has been fulfilled exactly at its appointed time with absolute truth and certainty. Unfortunate are those who do not accept this. They are very quarrelsome people who knowingly prefer darkness over light. How many a sign they have witnessed with their own eyes, and yet they deny. Do they not see that the earth has become filled with oppression and falsehood, and the enemy will hasten forth from every height? And some of them said that they never witnessed a sign. Holy is Allah! What a pile of lies is this and how