The Reality of Khilafah — Page 177
A Letter to the Scholars of India 177 upon Divine scriptures and reflect upon the Holy Quran. Allah did not create you to accuse others of blasphemy without any knowl- edge, to abandon the ways of compassion, tolerance and goodwill, and to curse the believers. Why do you knowingly go against the Word of God? Were you brought into existence solely to accuse the believers of heresy? Or have you perchance cut open our hearts and found hypocrisy, disbelief and falsehood therein? Repent, O peo- ple! Repent and show penitence. Do not exceed all limits in your suspiciousness. Fear Allah, do not blaspheme and do not despair of His mercy. Surely, He will not allow the Ummah of Khairul- Mursal i n [the Best of Messengers] to go astray. He created mankind so that they may worship Him, and He sent the Messengers so that they may spread true knowledge and judge concerning that wherein people differ. He made the commandments plain so that people might obey and fear Him. He sent Reformers to remind people of that which they had forgotten. He deepened their insights so that they may detach themselves from the world and He may tell apart those who obey and those who reject. For the people who follow the right path, He prescribed the bai‘at [pledge of allegiance], so that they may become heirs to ever-increasing blessings. He made it incumbent upon them to think good of others so that they may thereby avoid the paths of destruction and be safe. He opened for them the doors to repentance so that they might be forgiven and absolved. Allah is ever more abounding in mercy and grace. He is Ar h amur-R ah im i n [the One who is the most Merciful of all who show mercy]. It does not behove me to forge a lie against Allah; He will most certainly destroy the wrongdoers. I was named ‘ I s a ibn Maryam [ Jesus son of Mary] on the authority of Divine revelation. It is not possible for me to forego