Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 221
POSTSCRIPT QUESTION (9) 221 of his light are shining brighter than those of the sun. How then can good intentions combine with disbelief! How can we ever say y about a person—who is guilty of rejecting a manifest truth-that he performs virtuous deeds? For the last 1,300 years, the proclamation is being made, and thousands of those who were gifted to perform miracles and marvels have, in their own day and age, furnished the proof. Has the point not been established yet? After all, a disbeliever is excusable to a certain extent, but not to the extent that—despite witnessing thou- sands of miracles, marvels, and Signs, and in spite of realizing the excel- lence of teaching and beholding pure Tauḥīd in Islam¹—he should go on saying: 'I am still not satisfied. ”2* At the end of this Postscript, I conclude this dissertation by stat- ing some important issues. One of them is that Dr. 'Abdul-Hakim Khān, in his booklet al-Masiḥud-Dajjāl etc. , accuses me as if I have 1. It is a pity that 'Abdul-Ḥakīm Khān is steeped in another misguidance. He says that the word 'Islam' does not include the sense of the belief in the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, even though it is the agreed doctrine of all Muslims that the faith is not complete without believ- ing in the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. For this reason, the Holy Quran says that an oath was taken from every people through their Prophet that when Khatamul-Anbiya' [the Seal of the Prophets] is raised, they must believe in him and help him. Another argument for the same is that the letters which the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wrote to the Christian kings like Caesar, Muqawqis, and the king of Ethiopia contained the words aslim, taslim, meaning that, believe in Islam; thereby you will attain security. This was done, in spite of the fact that some of those kings believed in the Oneness of God and did not sub- scribe to Trinity and this is an established fact. Moreover, the Jews also did not believe in the Trinity. Then what was the purpose of inviting them to Islam-for, they were already included in ‘Islam. (Author) 2. How can we pronounce Europeans to be ignorant? They have translated and published the translations of the Holy Quran and they have themselves written commentaries [of the Holy Quran]. They have translated the very ma- jor collections of aḥādīth [sayings of the Holy Prophetsª]. and compiled huge tomes on Arabic Lexicon. The truth of the matter is that the extent to which there are libraries on Islam in Europe, the Muslims do not possess those books to that same extent. (Author)