The Reality of Khilafah — Page 11
Preface 11 into following one’s basest desires, depriving the soul of its proper nourishment, an inclination towards the world, and the blind pursuit of this transient realm. These are the causes that have segregated people and divided them into many sects. Many have chosen ruin and have completely rejected the truth and, like the transgressors, sent curses upon the truthful. They attack their benefactors like traitor rogues and look at the truthful ones with derision and anger. They consider themselves scholars and literary men, strutting about arrogantly, while they are certainly not among the knowledgeable. There are some among them whom God has blessed with insight and with the bounty of truth and wisdom. Allah has opened their eyes and removed their doubts in such a way that they see the facts with clarity and perception. However, there is another group that has transgressed at every step. They did not differentiate between the existent and the non-existent and were not sagacious. They held on to preconceived notions and walked the path of transgression, carrying the mantle of sin. They were, indeed, mischief-makers. When they were unable to fight and could no longer defend them- selves, they immediately resorted to insulting and vilifying and fabricating lies. Whenever I speak to them kindly, they respond with cruelty and aggression. They would have indeed killed me if my Lord—who is my Protector and my Helper—had not safe- guarded me. Thus, when they deviated from the right course, Allah allowed them to deviate even further. He let them grow in transgression and left them to wander in pitch darkness. I have come by the command and permission of Allah, the Noble and Merciful, to remove delusions and to heal the sick, but they reacted with fury,