Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 837
CHAPTER TWO 837 their statement, along with their madness. I do not know whether their selfish desire has dragged them to it or if they are overpowered by black bile [resulting in loss of mental balance]. What has gone wrong with them that, despite the passage of a long time and reciting the Holy Quran, they have still not turned towards the truth? I am at a loss to understand what kind of madness it is which does not leave them even after centuries. By Allah, I am astonished at the way they insist upon a belief that is contrary to the Holy Quran and deadly to the Faith. This is in spite of the fact that the Arbiter commissioned by Allah has already come to them at the turn of the century with truth and wisdom and at the time of prevalence of every type of innovation and of the ascendency of disbelief. Hence, I am utterly amazed as to what causes them to deny him in spite of the fact that he is calling the [people of his] time, and the time is calling for him. Allah is my Witness that I alone am the Promised Messiah. God my Lord has granted me with an incontrovertible argument and graced me such conviction that even if all veils were to be lifted, it will not add anything to my certitude. Allah sent me when He found people sinful and the age full of darkness, so that they might repent. How can I admonish them when they do not listen to me and are moving away from the true path? They rejected the food sent by God Almighty and its loafs, and dispersed, leaving the [heavenly] table alone in its place. For their part, they preferred worldly porridge. Their mouths watered for it and their lips relished its taste. Hence, in order to demonstrate my truth, the least would be that they suffer a part of the calamities about which I have warned them. What has gone wrong with them that they do not wait? They say that 'Īsā is alive, a claim based on their ignorance of the Holy Quran and the Hadith. Thus, they vehemently reject 'Isa's death and insist that he is alive. They cling to this belief until they die. But you should dis- card this belief if you are from among those who believe in the Furqan