The Conclusive Argument — Page 42
42 Verily, Allah the Almighty is with the righteous, and God, who endowed man with reason and intellect, is my Witness, that you have perpetrated an abomi- nable deed and left a bad name behind you. I already published an announcement before this in which I solemnly promised a prize for those who would respond to it, but not a single one of them came forward to answer it. They were speech- less like beasts and animals. Dumbfounded and stunned, their muscles were quivering incessantly with fear and they fell on their faces in shame. Do you know more than all those people, or are you insane? They were far cleverer in discourse than you; you are a mere novice by comparison. Ultimately, their end was humil- iation, disgrace, and the wrath of the Lord of the worlds. When Allah decides to humiliate a people, they begin to harbour enmity towards His Auliy a ’ الل ّٰ مع المتّقین. ووالل ّٰ الذي ً وفكرًا، لقد ال إ نسان عق ال أعطی ا جئت َ شیئًا نُكْرًا، وأبقیت َ لك في المخزِیات ذكرا. وقد كتبنا من قبل اشتهارًا، وواعدْنا للمجیبین إنعامًا، وأقررنا إقرارًا، فما قام أحد ٌ للجواب، وسكتوا كالبهائم والدواب، وطارت نفوسهم شعاعًا، وأرعدت فرائصهم وجوههم علی وأكبّوا ارتیاعًا، متندّمین. أفأنت أعلم منهم أو أنت من المجانین؟ إنهم كانوا أشد َّ كیدًا منك في الالكم، بل أنت لهم كالتِّالم، فكان آخر أمرهم خزي العالمین. رب وقهر وخذالن وإن الل ّٰ إذا أراد خزي قوم ویؤذون ، ه أولیاء فیعادون