The Magnificent Services of The Just Imam, The Promised Messiah — Page 36
Magnificent Services of the Just Imam, the Promised Messiah as , to Reform the Mutual Controversies and Distorted Beliefs of the Muslims [ 36 ] had 99 wives. (For details see, (a) Tafs i r J a mi‘ul- Bay a n, (b) Tafs ir Al-Baghaw i f i Ha shiyati Tafs i ril- Kh a zin, commentary of S u rah Sa d, 38:22–26 (c) Tafs ir Jal a lain ma ‘ Kam a lain , by Jalalud-Din Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Mahalli and Jalalud-Din Abdur-Rahman bin Ab u Bakr as-Suy uti , under verse of S u rah S a d , 38:22–26) Such are their commentaries and such are their concepts of the Prophets of God. We seek Allah’s protection from this. These days, if anything of this kind is mentioned about even an ordinary ruler, he would defend himself forcefully and a great debate would ensure about such accusations. If such a thing were found to be true, there would be a revo- lution. If it were proven against any ruler that he unjustly caused the death of a general—just to marry his wife—it would be considered a great crime. This would be a great crime even for an ordinary atheist. However, these com- mentators maintain that a Prophet of God who holds a high stature amongst Prophets and whom the Quran men- tions with great love and respect, fell madly in love with another person’s wife. As a matter of fact, they have tried to undermine the gift that God had given Hadrat D a w u d as and in doing so, they have not been mindful of God. It is possible that they did so in ignorance, but their ignorance seems to be limitless. Wherever Allah shows that His Prophets were pure and innocent, these commentators try to prove otherwise. All the verses that the commentators