The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 70
70. Essence of Islam-V sinated. Accordingly, Lekh Rām was assassinated on. Saturday. Only a day before on Friday-the Muslims had celebrated Eid. The calf of Sāmirī had also been cut to pieces on a Saturday, and that had also been a day of Eid for the Jews. Just as the calf of. Sāmirī was burnt after being cut to pieces, so was. Lekh Rām burnt after he had been cut to pieces. His assassin lacerated his intestines to begin with, and then the surgeon further opened up his wounds, and he was finally cremated. His bones were then cast into the river just like Sāmiri's calf. God Almighty also likened him to Sāmirī's calf because just as the latter was quite lifeless and was like modern toys that produce a sound when they are pressed, Lekh Rām was also lifeless and devoid of the spiritual life. And his sound too was quite like that of Sāmirī's calf, and he was without true knowledge, true perception, true relationship with God, and true love for Him. It was the fault of the Aryas that they accorded to this lifeless person, who had no life of spirituality in him and was simply dead, a position where a living person should have been. Therefore, he ended up like. Sāmiri's calf. . . . I know for a fact that his blood is upon them. Despite all his zealotry, he did have a certain naivety in his disposition as he would let himself be swayed by the remarks of mischievous people, without investigating or inquiring into them. This is why God Almighty compared him to a calf. At any rate, we cannot help feeling sad at his sudden death. But what could we