Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 804
804 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO ḤAQIQATUL-WAḤI appear instead. Every time trouble of any kind was posed by an enemy, it was warded off by Allah, and he continued to remain victorious in each and every battle, until the time came for divine help to reach him, and truth became distinct [from falsehood], doubt vanished away, and a multitude of people had recourse to him. Those who asked, 'Whence did you come by all this?, God demonstrated to them that all this was from Him. Those who sought to disgrace him, God caused them to taste disgrace and destruction and placed them under the threat of the hatchet. Whenever they held their heads high, the divine hand came down hard on them. It happened thus so that they may acquire hearts with which they should understand, and ears with which they should hear, and so that they may be awakened or their sensory organs be sharpened. Among them are many who entered into a mubahalah and, in consequence, were smitten with disgrace or were destroyed, or their lineal descendants were cut off, so that Allah might awaken them from their slumber. Whenever they hatched a plot, God defended His servant, even if their machination was powerful enough to move mountains, and He caused every conspirator to taste something of a chastisement. And God recoiled the curse upon everyone who invoked curses upon His servant. ومَا دُعَوُا الكَفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَلٍ At the time of the mubāhalah, having compassion for the weak and helping those who were unaware of the reality of the situation, Allah destroyed their leaders. Thus, Allah averted the evil outcome and resolved the issue, and there remained no one to dare to take up the challenge of mubahalah. God thus demonstrated for them such Signs as had not been shown to their forefathers. This was done so that the 1. But the prayer of the disbelievers is of no avail (Surah al-Mu'min, 40:51). [Publisher]