The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 455
Repeated Challenges 455 prove that His hand is supreme. A foolish one thinks that he can win with his devices, but God rebukes him: 'O accursed one, I shall frustrate all thy designs. ' Had God so willed, He would have bestowed sight upon these op- posing Maulavīs and their followers, and they would have recognized the time and the season of the advent of God's Messiah; but the prophecies of the Holy Qur'an and of the Hadith were bound to be fulfilled, which had predicted that the Promised Messiah would be persecuted by the Muslim divines who would denounce him as a disbeliever, condemn him to death, slander him and ac- count him as being outside the pale of Islam and a de- stroyer of the faith. [Tohfah-e-Golarhviyyah, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 17, p. 53] God Almighty has not yet exhausted His support and His signs, and I declare on oath in His name that He will not desist till my truth is manifested throughout the world. O Ye people who hear my voice, fear God and do not transgress. Had all this been a human pro- ject, God would have destroyed me, and not a trace would be left. But you have seen how the help of God Almighty has supported me all along, and numberless signs have been manifested in my support. How many of my enemies have perished as a consequence of holding Mubāhalah with me. O servants of God, do reflect, does God Almighty accord such treatment to liars? [Haqiqat-ul-Waļī, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, p. 554]