The Reality of Khilafah — Page 161
AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS 161 Prophet of God if the descent of Elijah is believed to be a spiritual phenomenon. It is a pity that after the passage of 1890 years, these maulawis and faqihs [theologians] have taken up the same quarrel with me. Even a child can understand that the stance I have adopted is the same as that of Jesus, while the belief upheld by the mullahs is the one advocated by the Jews. Look at the misfortune of the maulawīs that as soon as they adopted this belief, they started to resemble the Jews. However, all is not lost and there is still time, if they but understand! It has now been established that there is no precedent of the use of the word nuzūl for physical descent. No precedent of this kind was found in past scriptures, and the promise of the 'descent' of Elijah also turned out to be a spiritual descent and not a physi- cal one. This proves that, from the time of Adam to this day, when- ever the word nuzül has been used for a mortal with reference to his coming down from heaven, it never refers to physical descent. Anyone who thinks otherwise should present proof thereof. Since the word nuzūl has never referred to physical descent, how can it be so applied today in contravention of Divine practice and the ancient use of the word? وَ لَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا 10 If some fool still does not understand this clear and unequivocal statement, then he must at least understand that the word tawaffi, 1. You will never find a change in the way of Allah (Sūrah al-Ahzāb, 33:63). [Publisher]