A Gift for Baghdad — Page 107
Reply to the Announcement & Letter 107 and cause us to die resigned unto You. My soul possesses no prece- dence over the souls of my brethren; however, Allah has conferred favours upon me and has made me among the blessed. Among the favours that He has bestowed upon me are His conversation and discourse. He has taught me secrets that I would have been unable to decipher had He not been my Teacher, and He has made me one of the heirs of the Prophets. Another blessing that He has conferred upon me was that [when] He found the Christian people creating disorder in the earth, taking a human being as God without any justification, and leading the servants of Allah astray, He sent me to break their cross, to tear asunder their stratagems, distant and near, and to cut off the roots of the sinners. Also among the blessings that He has conferred upon me are Signs from heaven, completion of the argument against the enemies, and disgrace for every miserly and greedy person [who opposes me]. Therefore, I swear by His might and glory that I stand on manifest truth. You would see the Signs of my truth like showers were you to accompany me like seekers of truth. I swear by Allah, repeatedly, that should anyone come to visit me for forty days, committed to the acquisition of truth and the quest for knowledge, he will see some of the Signs of my Lord. The envious accused me of disbelief before contending with me, equal- ling my excellences, and matching my deeds, but they rebuked me as transgressors. Yet, when they witness the Signs they say, ‘This is nothing but clear deception or numerology or astrology. ’ So, they walk about blundering and are indeed a blind people. The sun has risen and the sky is clear, but neither its light nor its radi- ance benefits the blind, as Satan has chosen them for himself, for he is their companion.