Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 362
! ! 362 ا َّﺗ ِﺨ ُﺬ ۡو Eِۡ ِﻟ ﻠ َّﻨ ﺎ ِس ُﻗ ۡﻠ َﺖ َء َا ۡﻧ َﺖ َﻣ ۡﺮ َﻳ َﻢ ا ۡﺑ َﻦ ٰﻳ ِﻌ Fۡ َﺴ ﻲ ا ُّٰﷲ َﻗ ﺎ َل ِا ۡذ َو َﻣ ﺎ َا ُﻗ ۡﻮ َل َا ۡن >ِۡۤ َﻳ ُﻜ ۡﻮ ُن َﻣ ﺎ ُﺳ ۡﺒ ٰﺤ َﻨ َﻚ َﻗ ﺎ َل n ا ِّٰﷲ ُد ۡو ِن ِﻣ ۡﻦ ِا ٰﻟ َﻬ ِۡني ُا ِّﻣ َﻲ َو َﻧ ۡﻔ ِﺴ ۡﻲ ِۡيف َﻣ ﺎ َﺗ ۡﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ n َﻋ ِﻠ ۡﻤ َﺘ ٗﻪ َﻓ َﻘ ۡﺪ ُﻗ ۡﻠ ُﺘ ٗﻪ ُﻛ ۡﻨ ُﺖ ِا ۡن n ِﺑ َﺤ ٍّﻖ >ِۡ َﻟ Fۡ َﺲ ا ۡﻟ ُﻐ ُﻴ ۡﻮ ِب َﻋ َّﻼ ُم َا ۡﻧ َﺖ ِا َّﻧ َﻚ n َﻧ ۡﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ِۡيف َﻣ ﺎ َا ۡﻋ َﻠ ُﻢ َۤﻻ َو s َو َر َّﺑ ُﻜ ۡﻢ َر ِّۡ ا َّٰﷲ ا ۡﻋ ُﺒ ُﺪ و ا َا ِن ِﺑ ٖۤﻪ َا َﻣ ۡﺮ َﺗ ªِۡ َﻣ ۤﺎ ِا َّﻻ َﻟ pُۡ ُﻗ ۡﻠ ُﺖ َﻣ ﺎ َا ۡﻧ َﺖ ُﻛ ۡﻨ َﺖ َﺗ َﻮ َّﻓ ۡﻴ َﺘ ªِۡ َﻓ َﻠ َّﻤ ﺎ s ِﻓ ۡﻴ pِۡ ُد ۡﻣ ُﺖ َّﻣ ﺎ َﺷ ِﻬ ۡﻴ ًﺪ ا َﻋ َﻠ ۡﻴ pِۡ َو ُﻛ ۡﻨ ُﺖ ﴾ ۱۱۸ ﴿ َﺷ ِﻬ ۡﻴ ٌﺪ ¯َۡ ٍء ُﻛ ِّﻞ َﻋ ٰ َو َا ۡﻧ َﺖ n َﻋ َﻠ ۡﻴ pِۡ ا ﻟ َّﺮ ِﻗ ۡﻴ َﺐ “ And when Allah will say, ‘O Jesus, son of Mary, didst thou say to men, ‘Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah. ’ H e will answer, ‘Holy art Thou, I could never say that which I had no right. If I had said it, Thou wouldst have surely known it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Thy mind. It is Thou alone Who art the Knower of all hidden things; I said nothing to them except that which Thou didst command me - Worship Allah , my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them, but since Thou didst cause me to die, Thou, hast been the Watcher over them, and Thou art Witness over all things. ’ ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 5: V. 117 - 11 8 ) In other words, when Allah pose s this question on the Day of Judgment : ‘ O son of Mary as ! D id you tell your people to worship you and your mother as gods? ’ Haz rat Jesus as will reply, “ My Lord, what authority had I to say that for which I have no right? If I had acted so , Y ou would have known. You know what is in my heart. I cannot even fathom the extent of Y our knowledge. You know the unseen. I only said that which You had comma nded me to say; that is , ‘W orship One God , W ho is my Lord and your Lord. ’ I only watched over them as