The Reality of Khilafah — Page 180
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 180 and upon their friends, and you will witness those blessings if you are not blind. O people, your excuses have fallen apart and your lies have been laid bare. You rushed to attack me like assailants but my Lord saved me from annihilation and I emerged triumphant and victorious. O people, you have transgressed greatly! Fear Allah, the All-Knowing, the All-Aware. Do not make yourselves, in your enmity to me, like the bones whose marrow has been extracted, and do not create disorder in the earth unjustly. I am a man who cares naught for rank or status of the world; I crave poverty and humility just as a greedy person craves gold and silver. I seek humility, like the ailing seek medicine or the poor seek wealth. I put my trust in Allah, the Best of Creators. I do not fear sharp tongues or harsh words. My Lord protects and keeps me safe from all evil and from the mischief of the wrongdoers. O people, do not follow those who have opposed me. Let each one of you reflect upon what the end of the transgressors will be if I am true, but you insult me and accuse me of falsehood and blas- phemy, and seek to harm me. I did not renew the Khil a fah of my own accord but by the command of Allah, the Compassionate. I am in the Hands of my Lord who nourishes me, just like the new- born in the hands of the midwife. I was in great sorrow due to the tribulations of this age, the domination of the Christians, and all sorts of afflictions. When Allah saw that my heart was in distress and my soul was anguished and my body trembled with trepidation, He looked at me with His loving and tender eye, and elected me out of His mercy and grace, and said: