Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 790
790 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO ḤAQIQATUL-WAḤI who will be called Asḥābus-Ṣuffah,' who will live in some of his court- yards like mendicants. Their personal ambitions will melt and their hearts will flow like water. You will find their eyes flowing with tears on account of their recognition of the truth and beholding the heavenly light. They will say: 'Our Lord, verily we have heard a crier calling unto faith. ' They will weep with extreme delight and ecstasy like those who have recognized their Lord. And they will be grateful because Allah has helped them achieve their objective and their souls will prostrate before the Lord of Grandeur. Thus, all kinds of gifts, wealth, and a variety of other things will arrive from all sides for this man of God. His Lord God will grant him great blessings, an overpowering soul, and intense attraction, as has been ordained for him since the beginning. People will hasten to reach his door and kings will seek blessings from his garments, and hosts of kings and chiefs will come to pay frequent visits to his court. Some people from every nation will rise to oppose him and will try in every way to eradicate him. They will hatch schemes of all kinds to extinguish his light, to conceal his overwhelming success, to dimin- ish his status, and to prove his arguments to be spurious. Moreover, [they will try] to kill him or crucify him, or expel him from the land, or reduce him to a forlorn beggar, or drag him to the rulers through back- biting and fabricating lies and accusations against him with beguiling and cunning words, or torture him in the worst possible manner. Despite all this, God, in His grace, will safeguard him from heaven against their unholy designs, and will cause their machinations to recoil upon them, and will debase them. As a result, all of them will return totally frustrated and unsuccessful, as if they are not of the liv- ing. God will vouchsafe upon him all the rewards and bounties that He has promised. Allah will never do anything contrary to His promise in favour of His servant, nor [will He avert] the warning of punishment against his enemies. 1. See footnote for Aşḥābuş-Şuffah on page 102. [Publisher]