Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 876
876 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO HAQIQATUL-WAḤI imposture, falsehood, and slander. He thought he would never be held accountable for this and would continue to live a life of luxury and ease, continually growing in prestige and renown. What is more, he became proud and arrogant and feared not the torment of the Lord of Honour. There is no doubt that the impostors are even- tually seized and precluded from prospering. The wrath of Allah tears them apart like a ferocious lion and confronts them with the day of ultimate ruin and destruction promised in the Book of the Almighty and Most-Loving God. Verily, those who fabricate lies against God and are guilty of false- hood live not but for a short period of time, after which they are seized. The curse of Allah pursues them in this world and in the Hereafter. They taste disgrace and dishonour and are not granted respect. Has the news not reached you of what became of the impostors of the earlier ages? Verily, God does not care for the end of those who fabri- cate lies against Him. He draws His sword against them and cuts them into pieces. When the day of his destruction came near, I invited him to a mubāhalah and wrote to him that: Your claim is false and you are naught but a lying fabricator, merely feeding on the carrion of the condemnable world. 'Isā was nothing more than a Prophet and you are simply an impostor.