Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 98
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 98 would oppose me to a dangerous extent. However, they would not be able to harm me in any way at all. Were not the truthful and the elect of God who came before me denounced? What attacks did the Pharaoh and his hordes not make upon Moses, peace be on him; or the Pharisees on the Messiah, peace be on him; or the idolaters of Makkah on the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? But what was the ultimate result of these attacks? Did these opponents ever show the like of the Signs [shown to them] in reply? Never! They were always found wanting in producing precedents; only their tongues wagged, and they continued to denounce them as impostors. In my case too, when their posi- tion became wholly untenable, they could do little else but call me a great liar and deceiver. But could they ever extinguish the light of God Almighty with the breath of their mouths? They can never extinguish it! 1 َو ُهّٰللا ُّمِتُم ٖهِرْوُن َو ْوَلَهِرَك َنْوُرِفٰكْلا َو ُهّٰللا ُّمِتُم ٖهِرْوُن َو ْوَلَهِرَك َنْوُرِفٰكْلا Those who harbour the substance of scepticism are wont to say that other miracles and signs may be sleight of hand, but there is no excuse left for them when faced with a prophecy. That is why prophecies have been declared to be a magnificent Sign and miracle from among the Signs of prophethood. This is proven from the Torah as well as the Holy Quran. There is no miracle the like of a prophecy. This is why the elect of God should be recognized by their prophecies because Allah the Exalted has set this Sign as the criterion. 1. But Allah will perfect His light, even if the disbelievers hate it ( S u rah a s - S aff, 61:9). [Publisher]