Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 908
908 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO HAQIQATUL-WAḤI enough accommodation for them. Give glad tidings to those who have believed that they have the station of righteousness before your Lord. Recite the revelation that has been sent to you from your Lord to those who will join your Community. Ashābus-Suffah. Do you know who the Ashābus-Suffah are? You will see their eyes shedding tears; they will call down blessings upon you. They will send blessing upon you and sup- plicate: 'Our Lord we have heard the voice of a Caller, calling people unto faith and a Summoner to Allah and a refulgent lamp. '" Mercy flows from your lips, O Aḥmad. You are in Our sight, [under Our watchful care]. I have named you Mutawakkil [the one trusting in God]. Allah will exalt your name and perfect His bounty upon you in this world and the Hereafter. You have been blessed, O Aḥmad, and you alone deserved the blessing that Allah has bestowed upon you. Your rank is wonderful and your reward is near. The heaven and the earth is with you as it is with Me. You have a high station in My Presence. I have chosen you for Myself. All kinds of Holiness belong to Allah, who pos- sesses all blessings and is the Highest Being. He will raise your status. The name and remembrance of your forefathers will be cut off and, after you, the family tree will begin with you. Allah is not such as to leave you until He clearly distin- guishes between the foul and the pure. When the help and the victory of Allah Almighty will come and the word of your Lord is fulfilled, the disbelievers will be told, 'This is what you has- tened for. ' 1. In one corner of the Prophet's mosque in Madinah, a covered platform was prepared which was known as 'Şuffah'. This served as the resting place of indi- gent Emigrants who dedicated themselves to the worship of Allah, the com- pany of the Holy Prophets, and recitation of the Holy Quran. They became known as Asḥābuş-Şuffah. [Publisher]