The Heavenly Decree — Page 23
23 and in all the other tenets of Islam, and that he adheres to the obligations, commandments and limits ordained by God and abides by them to the best of his ability, then the only way left is to test both sides in such signs as have been laid down by the Holy Quran to distinguish a believer from a kafir, so that, in keeping with His promise, God should absolve from all slander the one whom He considers to be a true believer, and show a clear distinction between him and his opponent and the daily dispute should thereby come to an end. Any reasonable person can understand that if I am indeed a kafir, Dajj a l , liar, accursed and outside the pale of Islam—as Mi yan Nadh i r H usain and his acolyte Bat a law i believe me to be—then at the time of contest Allah will show no sign peculiar to believers to testify in my favour. God never manifests the signs of belief in favour of disbelievers and enemies of the faith for they are faithless and accursed. And why should He do so when He knows them to be enemies of the faith and deprived of the blessings of faith. Hence, if I am indeed such a kafir, a Dajj a l , and an enemy of Islam—as Mi yan Nadh i r H usain Sahib and Bat a law i have described me in their fatwa—God shall never help me in this contest. On the contrary, by denying me His favour, He will humiliate me and punish me as a great liar ought to be punished. Muslims will thus be well rid of my evil and will be secure against my