Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 267
267 would then, God forbid, turn out to be false. Moreover, the Holy Prophet sa has also stated: ْ ُم ك ُمْ مِنْ ك ُ اِمَام Your leader from among you. This statement would also prove to be false, God forbid. Further, the glad tiding that was given by the Holy Prophet sa in relation to the coming of a Messiah and Mahdi when the disorder of the cross would be prevalent, will also then, God forbid, prove to be false, because although the disorder has emerged, the Imam whose advent was foretold in that era has not come. Now, when a person accepts these notions, would they for all intents and purposes be one to deny the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, or not? Therefore, let me clearly reiterate that it is not easy to reject me. Before a per- son labels me a disbeliever, they will have to become a disbeliever themselves. Before I am branded faithless and misguided, a person will have to accept that they are themselves misguided and disgraced. Before someone classes me as one who has forsaken the Quran and Hadith, they will have to abandon the Quran and Hadith themselves, and indeed it will be them who are first to do so. I am one who testifies to the truth of the Quran and Hadith, and I am the one who is proven to be truthful in light of them as well. I am not misguided, I am divinely guided. I am not a disbeliever, I hold true perfectly to the words: اَنَا اَوَّل ُ الْمُؤْمِنِیْن I am the first of the believers. God has disclosed to me that I am truthful in whatever I say. Seek a Verdict from God Almighty Anyone who has firm faith in God, and who considers the Quran and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to be truthful, ought to be satisfied by this proof that I have given, and ought to remain silent after hearing the evidence that I have provided. But what cure is there for those who are impudent and fearless? God will admonish such people Himself. It is my desire, therefore, that you reflect on this matter for the sake of God. Advise your friends also to not be hasty in forming a view about me, but to p. 244