Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 224
HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION 224 evidence has not been furnished in the estimation of God, and who is a disbeliever and a denier-and even if the Shariah (based as it is upon what is overt) calls them a kāfir, and we, too, in our subservience to the Shariah, call them a kāfir—he will not be deemed culpable in the estimation of God in the context of the verse: لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا Of course, we do not have the right to pronounce verdict regarding his salvation. His case rests with God; it is not for us to impose our judge- ment upon it. As I have just pointed out, only God Almighty knows that—despite the arguments based on rationality and Scriptures, excel- lence of teachings, and heavenly Signs—who it is to whom the argu- ments have not been incontrovertibly conveyed. We should not claim with conviction that sufficient evidence has not been furnished to a particular person. We have no knowledge of the inside of a person. By presenting arguments covering all dimensions and by displaying Signs, every Messenger of Allah has meant to furnish sufficient evidence of his truth to the people at large; and God, too, has been his Supporter in it. Therefore, anyone who claims that he has not been provided sufficient evidence2 is himself responsible for his denial, and the onus 1. Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity (Surah al-Baqarah, 2:287). [Publisher] 2. In this context, one had better consider what kind of Tauḥid and Majesty of God Almighty does the faith of a person present in comparison with Islam. The case of those whose faith neither has the Majesty of God, nor His Tauhid, nor any path to His recognition, is rather strange. How can they say that the truth of Islam has not been adequately proven to them? A Christian who believes only in a helpless human to be God, or an Aryah for whom God Almighty is neither the Creator nor can He demonstrate His existence through fresh Signs, cannot possibly claim his faith to be superior to Islam. In order to show the excellence of his faith, will he present Niyog, in accord- ance with which another man can sleep with a woman in spite of her husband being alive? (Author)