Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page 37
Defence Against the Plague & A Criterion for the Elect of God 37 sake, but for the sake of the Prophet who has been wronged [i. e. Muhammad saw ]. The remaining translation of this revelation is that the Christian people will make plans to inflict harm, and Allah will also make His plans, and those will be days of tribula - tions and say: ‘O God, grant me a space in a holy land. ’ This is a kind of spiritual migration, and until now, the way I understand its meaning is that, ultimately, a transformation will occur in the land and the world will begin to shine with piety and truth. Now just consider for a moment how poles apart we are from the Christians. They declare that holy person to be a liar whom we consider to be the paragon of all creation. To achieve any reconciliation both parties must first strike a compromise. But given the extent to which our religion and our Book consider the religion of Christianity utterly foul and unholy, as indeed it is, how then can there be any agreement between us. In view of this vast religious divide there really can be no room for compromise. Rather, the only end is that false creeds are vanquished, and the virtuous people of the world accept the truth and then will the world come to an end. We have no agreement with the Christians from a religious perspective. In fact, our response to them is this: 1 ْلُق اَهُّيَاٰۤي َنْوُرِفٰكْلا ۤاَل ُدُبْعَا اَم َنْوُدُبْعَت What kind of an impure prophethood is this, to which Charagh Din has made a claim? How shameful that a person who 1. Say, ‘O ye disbelievers! I worship not that which you worship,’ ( s u rah al-K a fir u n, 109:2-3). [Publisher]