The Conclusive Argument — Page 8
8 the Book of Allah and its explicit arguments. They wander about like the one who follows his own ignorance, and they talk like mad men. They say that the word التوفّي [ at-tawaff i —cause to die] was not employed for any particular mean- ing; rather, it has general conno- tations with no solid foundations. Thus, they deceive like the impos- tors. And when they are informed that wherever this word occurs throughout the Holy Quran—the Book of Allah the Gracious— it only means the causing of death and the seizing of souls which are bound to return [to Allah]—not of physical bodies —how, then, do they insist upon meanings that are not supported by the Book of Allah or by statements from Khairul-Mursal i n [the Best of Messengers], peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? In reply to this they say that they found their forefathers upon this belief and they will never forsake it. یقولون إن لفظ التوفّي ما وُضع لمعنی خاص بل عمّت معانیه، وما أُحكمت ْ مبانیه، وكذلك یكیدون كالمفتر ین. وإذا قیل لهم إن هذا اللفظ ما جاء في ّٰ الرحمن الل كتاب القرآن ِ االٔرواح وقبض إ ماتة ال ّ ل ال إ المرجوعة، ال لقبض ِ االٔجسام ّٰ العنصر یة، فكیف تصرّون علی ّٰ معنی ما ثبت من كتاب الل وبیان خیر المرسلین صلی الل علیه وسلم؟ قالوا إنّا ألفَینا آباءنا علی عقیدتنا ولسنا بتاركیها إلی بدین. آ ال أبد ا