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3 February 1908 161 evildoer. Similarly, there are servants of God who are deemed evil by the people, but in the sight of God Almighty they are indeed virtuous. Look, the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was considered to be a very evil person by Abu Jahl, but in the sight of Allah he was the greatest of creation. Abu Jahl was convinced of the Holy Prophet s as being evil and so he even had a prayer duel with him and said: ُ أَللّٰهُم َّ مَن ْ كَان َ أَفْسَد َوْمَ. ی ْ لِلْقَوْم ِ و َ أَقْطَع ُ لِلرَّحْـم ِ فَأَهْلِكْه ُ ال [‘O Allah! Do utterly destroy in this field whichever party has caused disruption and severed ties of kinship. ’] It seems that he was totally convinced and that is why he said these words. What was the result of this? Was it not that God Almighty practically manifested who was truthful and pure and who was the liar and wrongdoer? Allah the Exalted says: 1 ْوَل اَّنُك ُعَمْسَن ْوَا ُلِقْعَن اَم اَّنُك ْۤيِف ِبٰحْصَا ِرْيِعَّسلا ْوَل اَّنُك ُعَمْسَن ْوَا ُلِقْعَن اَم اَّنُك ْۤيِف ِبٰحْصَا ِرْيِعَّسلا True knowledge and sane reason are also signs of good fortune. An unfortunate one loses his senses and considers a virtuous one to be evil and vice versa. 2 1. If we had but listened or possessed sense, we should not have been among the inmates of the blazing Fire ( S u rah al-Mulk, 67:11). [Publisher] 2. Badr, vol. 7, no. 7, p. 3–4, dated 20 February 1908