Chosen Saints of God and the Bigoted Mullas — Page 6
the Holy Quran. The result is that a supernatural connection is formed between them and the Gracious Allah. Revelation of. God and His Light descends upon their hearts in consequence of which they exhibit much wisdom and understanding and they are granted a special trust in Allah. They feel in their hearts a very strong conviction about Allah and are filled with an ecstacy of love and communion with God, and even their bodies be crushed to mincemeat in the mortar of affliction and are tortured at the pillory and stocks, nothing but the essence of love of God could come out of their bodies. The world does not know them and they are far away from and far above the world. . God treats them in a most extraordinary manner. It is only they that can provide the proof of existence of God, and it is only they who feel that the door of God is quite open to them. . When they pray He listens to their supplications; whenever they call Him, He replies to them in return; whenever they want a refuge of safety, He rushes towards them with open arms. He loves them more than their fathers, and showers His blessings on their dwellings and those who reside therein. They are, therefore, recognised from His hidden and manifest help that they receive; from the material and spiritual aid that they receive from Him and He helps them in each and every field because they belong to Him and He belongs to them". (Surma. Chashm-i-Arya: Footnote: 23-24). Heresy-Framing Mentality and the Holy Saints of the Umma. The All-Wise and the All-Knowing God, glorified be His. Name and most Sanctified is His person, in order to give a test to the saints and the holy sages of the Umma has so ordained that a synod came into being even in the earliest period of Islam that possessed heresy-framing mentality. This group, this conclave, weighed down by their perverted mentality left few holy sages in Islam whom they did not brand as heretics and infidels. . Every beloved man of God suffered at their hands. The following well-known verse aptly describes their attitude towards those godly persons: "No game no beast of field no fowl in the air-has escaped thy arrows; even the weather-cock helplessly flutters about in his nest". 6