Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 67
27 December 1906 67 they did not adhere to anything. They did not have any sha- riah, they did not follow or acknowledge any scripture; rather, most of them were not even convinced of the existence of God Almighty. They used to say: 1 اَم َيِه اَّلِا اَنُتاَيَح اَيْنُّدلا ُتْوُمَن َواَيْحَن َواَم ۤاَنُكِلْهُي اَّلِا ُرْهَّدلا اَم َيِه اَّلِا اَنُتاَيَح اَيْنُّدلا ُتْوُمَن َواَيْحَن َواَم ۤاَنُكِلْهُي اَّلِا ُرْهَّدلا Whatever they valued was confined only to this world, arguing that no one had gone beyond and seen the Hereafter, so this world is the only world that there is. The word ر ه د ر ه د [ dahr— time] has been used in this verse to show that they were athe- ists. I also know that at that time almost all absurd and false religions had gathered in Arabia. It was like a small map. All the ways of filth and all the extremes were practically shown on it like a map of a country in which all major places are shown in bold. Such was the condition there. What a brightly shining argument it is of his s as truth that Almighty Allah had raised him among a people and a land that had transgressed beyond the circle of humanity! I most emphatically affirm that irrespective of how fiercely entrenched an enemy might be—whether he be a Christian or an A rya—when he observes these conditions that prevailed in Arabia before the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and then beholds the transformation that came about from his s as instruction and influence, he will have no choice but to bear witness to his s as truthfulness. It is an obvious fact that the Glorious Quran has depicted this image of their previous condition: 1. There is nothing but this our present life; we die and we live here; and nothing but Time destroys us ( S u rah al-J a thiyah, 45:25). [Publisher]