Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 865
CHAPTER TWO 865 still hide, has intervened between you and your righteousness. Indeed, you have become blind, so you cannot see the mischief of the enemy. You call me the Antichrist and do not use any insight. You issue the ver- dict that I am a disbeliever; rather, a greater disbeliever than all those who disbelieved in the Prophets! What a marvel your declarations are! The wonder upon wonder is that you do not hold those to be Antichrist who from among the Christians and unbelievers want to totally destroy the Faith; on the contrary, I am the Antichrist, rather the worst of all those who spread mischief. Hence, I cry out unto none other than Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. Whilst you have declared me a kafir, how can it be expected that the admonishment of the disbelievers would do you any good? But I wanted to narrate the hardship that I have borne in the way of Allah. It was for this reason that my discourse deviated towards narrat- ing them. May God have mercy on you! What has gone wrong with you that you do not shun cruelty and transgression, neither do you fear the All- Knowing God, the Lord of reward and punishment? O my people! I have come from my Lord at the appointed time. I speak not but when He wants me to speak. I convey to you the message of truth, but you respond with curses. I do not comprehend your vile response. You have imitated the Jews so much so that your shoes resemble their shoes and your statements resemble their statements. The Jews, on account of their miserliness, called Jesus [‘Īsā], who was a Prophet of God Almighty, the Antichrist. Similarly, I have been given the same name by you. Thus you have resembled them in word and deed. Indeed, if it had not been for the sword of the Government, I would have seen the same thing from the disbelievers as Jesus saw. Hence, it is not out of sycophancy but rather out of sincere gratitude for the favour it has done us that we thank this Government. By Allah, we have been blessed with such peace under this Government as cannot be expected from any Islamic government. This is why I consider it utterly wrong to raise the sword against this Government in the name of Jihad. I rather