Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 445
26 September 1905 445 defective? If it was so, then the Jews can take pride, and they can claim that this was a blessing upon them and a reward. Along with this one more thing is that both Khulaf a ’ and Messengers kept coming for the service of the Torah and for its reinforcement, but this position of honour was not achieved by the Holy Quran ( َ ك ِ ل َا ذ ْ ن ِ م ِ هّٰللّٰ ِا َب ُ ذ ْ َو ُ ٰع َ ن َ ك ِ ل َا ذ ْ ن ِ م ِ هّٰللّٰ ِا َب ُ ذ ْ َو ُ ٰع َ ن —we seek refuge in Allah from that). Reflecting upon this, tell me: Would this be an argu- ment for the disgrace and deficiency of Islam or a means for its grandeur? I have to say with the greatest regret that my opponents have gone so far in opposing me to the extent that they have allowed themselves to gravely insult Islam and have even deemed the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who was Kh a tamul-Anbiy a ’ [the Seal of the Prophets] and was the best and most perfect of all Prophets, (may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him), as a God forbid, deficient Prophet. When they acknowledge and make it a part of their belief that now there can be no one who can have the honour of dialogue with Almighty Allah and have God Almighty manifest sup- porting Signs at his hand—tell me yourselves—what is left of Islam from [adopting] this belief ? If God Almighty used to speak before but does not speak now, then what is the proof that He used to speak before? If Almighty Allah used to show His control over things in extraordinary ways before but does not do so now, then what proof is there for this? Which nation does not narrate tales and stories? Alas! They are so blinded by bigotry that they cannot see anything and, in my opposition, they even abandon Islam.