Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 181
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 181 “Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them. ” That this promise should not be fulfilled through some individuals, but every member of ummah should get the blessings of Khilafat. Is it not strange that Allah, the Almighty says about Jews that He [made you kings]? The commentators say without any hesitation that though few people became kings, as the standard of living of the common man was raised, it could be said that they were all granted the kingdom. But when Allah, the Almighty says: They start saying that this promise is with the whole nation, and they cannot believe that the promise can be fulfilled through some individuals. Even if the verse is taken to means the domination of a nation, how can every believer share it? Some get it and some do not. There were many Companions ra who remained poor even in the days of their national rule, and their financial condition did not improve.