Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 85
85 Qu t bs or Abd a l , yet they know nothing other than circumambu- lating graves and engaging in satanic innovations. Some of them sing in meetings, and dance like the courtesan in assemblies, and to renew heresies, they gather at the beginning of each year. You find in them the machinations of the cat and the mouse, and the poison of the snake and the scorpion. There is nothing in them of the religion except its name, nor of the Shariah except its text. They abandoned the commandments of Allah, the Lord of Majesty, and fabricated another law like an impostor, and fab- ricated themselves various types of acts of worship, the traces of which are not to be found in the Book of Allah nor in the narra- tions of the Master of the Prophets and the Best of Men s as. Then they say, “We believe in the Seal of the Prophets s as ,” while they have departed from the religion like their fellow innovators. Was a revelation sent down to them from heaven, and by it the Quran and the Sunnah of the Master of the Prophets s as were abrogated? Of course not. Rather, they followed the devils and preferred making lawful what is forbidden and the desires of the soul over what was revealed by the Most Merciful. They brought innova- tions from outside the religion and introduced heresies after our established and trustworthy Prophet s as. They wore garments other than those of the Muslims and overturned most matters as if they were not among the believers Musical instruments are more beloved to them than the reci- tation of the Quran. The lies of poets appear prettier in their eyes than the verses of Allah, the Most Gracious. They have departed from religion as an arrow departs from a bow, and they have tram- pled upon Allah’s commands completely. You do not see in them