Lecture Ludhiana — Page 67
67 attributes to God what is not from Him. He says that He changes His Will only when a change takes place in the hearts. Therefore, fear God and dread His wrath. No one shoulders another’s responsibility. Most people part company when one is implicated in the smallest crime, how then can you rely on others on the Day of Judgement about which God says: 43 My opponents should have tried to bear with me, acting on the injunction: 44 But they were too hasty. Remember people in the past perished because of haste. He alone is wise who gives up opposition when he realizes that he is in the wrong. But it is the lot only of those who fear God. It is only the brave who own their mistakes, they alone are the champions of moral courage. They are the ones whom God loves. Having said all this, let me now add a word about empiri- cal generalization— Qias. Although the Holy Qur’an and the Traditions support me, the unanimous verdict of the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa is in my favour, the heavenly signs and the accompanying evidence are on my side, and the need of the hour too establishes the veracity of my claim, empirical generalization may also clinch the 43 ‘On the day when a man flees from his brother. ’ (80:35) [Translator] 44 ‘Follow not that of which thou hast no knowledge. ’ (17:37) [Translator]