خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 390
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 390 September 24, 1982 clear that whatever the future Christians would gain by way of the materialistic advancements would be in fact because of their early forefathers' good deeds۔It is a reward not for their own sake, but for the sake of those early Christians who offered so much for the sake of Allah, that they are reaping this reward of great achievements in the world۔Now that is a different subject altogether, but those were not Dajjal, so Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa confined himself to the only first ten verses۔Because the account which relates to the great early Christians who part of whom we called Ashab-e-kahf (); people of the cave, are exempt from this warning۔They are, in fact, narrated in the Holy Qur'an with great love and regard۔So we leave them alone for the time being and go to the last ten verses۔What do we find there? There Allah tells us: أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا أَنْ يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادِي مِنْ دُونِى أَوْلِيَاءَ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكُفِرِينَ نُزُلًا (103:Al-Kahf) those who have denied the أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا message of the Holy Prophet, who refused to believe in him, do they think, are they working under the misconception that they will ultimately become successful۔By doing what? By making Allah's creatures by treating Allah's creatures as his b As against Me if يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادِى مِنْ دُونِى أَوْلِيَاءَ partners they start making partners, calling partners besides Allah from among Allah's creatures۔If they think