The Noble Son — Page 98
– FULFILMENT OF A GRAND PROPHECY 98 blemished [God forbid] is proof of the fact that he is not the Musleh Mauood. But the limitless malice and rancour they harbour did not allow even one of them the time to ponder over the fact that the verse َ ن ْ قِلُو ْ لِہٖ اَفَلَ تَع ْ قَب ْ مِّن عُمُرًا ْ کُم ْ تُ فِی ْ لَبِث ْ فَقَد * shows that Prophets present their lives, prior to the claim of prophethood, as proof of their truthfulness, not their life afterwards. Who is unaware of the fact that after the claim of such a person, some who used to previously consider him pure and holy, raise objections against the claimant? Such people present a variety of defamations and slanders against them. Thus, the Leader of all the godly people and the highest and most honoured, our Leader, Muhammad, the Chosen One s as also faced the same issue. People who used to consider him to be virtuous, pure and holy from every point of view before he made his claim and used to express this very fact, many from among them used foul language after the claim. Such people made slander and defamation their primary purpose. There is mention of this in many verses of the Holy Qur’an. One such verse reads: ٌ سٰحٌِ کَذَّاب نَ ہٰذَا ْ کٰفُِو ْ وَ قَالَ ال ْ ہُم ْ ذِرٌ مِّن ْ مُّن ْ َہُم ء ٓ جَا ْ اَن وَعَجِبُوۤۡا And they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among their own people; and the disbelievers have started saying, ‘This is indeed a magician, a great liar. (Holy Qur’an 38:5) * Translation: ‘I have indeed lived among you a whole lifetime before this. Will you not then under - stand?’ Holy Qur’an 10:17 [Translator]