The Reality of Khilafah — Page 111
أَتَلْعَنُ مَنْ هُوَ مِثْلَ بَدْرٍ مُنَوَّرِ AL-QAŞİDAH اتُكْفِرُ خُلْفَاءَ النَّبِيِّ تَجَاسُرًا Are you charging the Successors of the Prophet with infidelity without any fear? Are you cursing those who are like the shining moon? فَحَارِبْ مَلِيْكًا اِجْتَبَاهُمْ كَمُشْتَرِى وَإِنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ سَاءَتْكَ أَمْرُ خِلَافَةٍ If you are annoyed with their Khilafah, Then fight the Sovereign who chose them like a discerning buyer [selecting what he likes]. فَلَا تَبْكِ بَعْدَ ظُهُورِ قَدْرٍ مُّقَدَّرِ فَبِإِذْنِهِ قَدْ وَقَعَ مَا كَانَ وَاقِعًا By His command, what was decreed to happen happened, So do not weep after the fulfilment of events which were des- tined to take place. وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّ الْكَائِنَاتِ كَمُهْتَرِ وَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ الْعَلِيمُ كَذَاهِلٍ Allah, the All-Knowing, did not make them Successors while He was unaware, Nor was He, the Lord of All Creations, mistaken. وَفِي ذَاكَ آيَاتٌ لِّقَلْبٍ مُّفَكِّرِ وَقُضِيَتْ أُمُورُ خِلَافَةٍ مَّوْعُودَةٍ What happened was a fulfilment of the promised Khilafah. In this, there are signs for those who reflect. مَاثِرُهُ مَقْبُولَةٌ عِنْدَ هُوَجِرٍ وَإِنِّي أَرَى الصِّدِّيقَ كَالشَّمْسِ فِي الضُّحَى I see aş-Şiddīq like the sun at forenoon, His good deeds in the face of adversity are undisputed. III