Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 831
CHAPTER TWO 831 triumphant and is never defeated. The jurisdiction of His writ extends from the heavens to the depths of the earth. Is there a brave young per- son who fears Him and does not transgress? Is there an emancipated person [unfettered by prejudice] who submits to Him and does not disobey? Are they relying on the beliefs of their early forefathers in whose thinking there was no consistency; you would find that they dif- fered among themselves. Their minds repeatedly tossed their views in diverse directions and, therefore, they could not muster any stability or permanence. Each moment it continued to change. I swear by Allah that I am truthful. They denied what I brought without any knowledge or clear reason. Should they be proven true, I willingly surrender myself for the slaughter-what more can I do? For their part, they only concoct wild conjectures while remaining unaware of the truth. They claim that the earthquakes and the plague had struck them due to the evil fortune of those people who are inauspicious. Look at what they are saying! They simply blurt nonsense. O enemies of the Book and the Messenger! Wherefrom do you auger evil fortune? Do you think that this calamity has hit you because Allah has sent His servant to clinch His argument and to warn the people who are heedless? Woe unto you and your conjecturing! Allah had given tidings of these phenomena beforehand, yet you mock Allah and His Messengers. Verily, Allah is watching all that you do. You witness the nights of dis- belief and their darkness and you do feel the need for a Messenger and behold the Signs of his coming, yet you deny as if you were a blind peo- ple. Ever since the auspicious day of Islam dawned and Allah decided to eliminate shirk [associating partners with Allah] from the world by demonstrating extraordinary Signs, you made it a point to hatch plots against His Signs, so that people might not turn towards the truth. This is despite the fact that you clearly read in Surah an-Nur that all the Khulafa' [Caliphs or Successors] will be raised from among this very ummah. Nevertheless, you continue to search for Īsā, who was amongst the Israelites, and forget about what has been explicitly stated [about the Khulafa' within this ummah].