Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 367
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 125 367 abusive and foul language. It was rank injustice on his part to call our Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, a liar and an impostor without full knowledge and information. He also used to vil- ify other Prophets, peace be upon them. As for the Chosen Prophet of God, he appeared at a time when the whole of Arabia, Persia, Syria, Rome, and the whole of Europe were engrossed in creature worship. And by Pandit Dayanand's own admission, the entire land of the Āryas was steeped in idol worship dur- ing that time. In no part of the earth had Tauḥīd [belief in the Oneness of God] remained inviolate. This Prophet alone re-established Tauhid through his advent, and established the awe of the majesty and glory of God on earth, and demonstrated his own truthfulness through thou- sands of Signs and miracles and his miracles continue to manifest up until now. Was it, then, in keeping with the norms of decency and civility to use vulgar obscenities for such a grand Prophet who manifested God's majesty on earth, obliterated idol-worship, and re-established Tauḥīd; and to never relent [from this vilification]? He was vilified in marketplaces, in ordinary assembly [of people], and in every street and alley. God is slow to wrath, and He is Most Benevolent and Most Merciful, but in the end, He seizes the rebellious and the shameless. The Hereafter as yet belongs to the realm of the unseen, but one has to admit that a religion that demonstrates living Signs of the Living God has to be from God. Man can duplicate every good teaching, but cannot duplicate the Signs of God. Hence, in accordance with this cri- terion, Islam alone is the living religion on the face of the earth. Yet, despite all this, we cannot say that the sages and avatars of the Hindus were liars and deceitful, nor do we abuse them, God forbid. On the contrary, God Almighty teaches us that there is no human habitation or country to which He has not sent a Prophet, as He Himself says: