Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 54
54 My Lord, then addressed me saying: واال. ن ےنی ےہ، رفہتش اشبرت د� ےنی لیئ ربجا� 1 ٓالئ ] A ’il is Gabriel, the angel who conveys good news. ] I have now completed my answer to you. However, the pain that you have caused me by defaming me remains. You spoke of me with ridicule and had no fear of God the Reckoner when you derided and maligned me. May Allah safeguard you from such behaviour. Who are you with such an abusive tongue and such a fiery dis- position? You do not know me and I do not know you. You have no knowledge of who I am and I have no knowledge of who you are. And yet you have persecuted me and shown impatience. You deviated from the path of righteousness and did not fear God. My dear friend, fear the All-Knowing God. The truth is that every sin is bound to be punished. The Messiah has descended from the heavens and the plague has appeared on the earth, so when will you repent if not now? Hence, you ought to know that this is the time to eschew arrogance and egotism and not the time to become heedless, arrogant and derisive. Allah becomes displeased at those who love a life of negligence and gives preference to the world and its allure and believe only with their tongues. So I remind you of 1. The term A’ il is derived from the term al-Iy a lah. A lah u means that he guided him and reformed him and A’ il is the name given to Gabriel in the Word of Allah. Prior to this revelation, I had not seen Gabriel being referred to as A’ il in any book. Hence, Allah’s words cannot be fully comprehended in writing and perhaps the word A’ il points to Gabriel’s status and it stands for bringing about reformation and helping the op- pressed by defending them against the enemy with reasoning and argu- mentation. (Author)