The Reality of Khilafah — Page 13
Preface 13 He answered my prayer and, by His grace, I became eloquent and fluent in Arabic. Then, under Divine directive, I wrote two books in Arabic and challenged my opponents: If indeed you are scholars and literary men, produce the like thereof ! O you who hurl allegations and spread falsehood! Produce something similar if you are indeed truthful. However, they ran away, hiding like a spendthrift who borrows money and only realises the conse- quences after he has squandered everything. His debt hangs over him like a noose that cannot be loosened. The lender chases after him claiming his dues but the borrower has nothing to give except false promises. It is thus that Allah humiliates the arrogant. Yet, what is so strange is that, despite enduring shame and humiliation and their weaknesses being exposed, they never once turned to repentance and humility, nor did they seek the path of righteousness and virtue or try to reform themselves, nor did they seek the truth with a penitent heart. They turned away from me in anger and fury and hastened towards evil. I saw that they were like prisoners bound by the chains of their own malice. Whenever I tried to counsel them, I returned without success, and it reminded me of the story of the apes and swine. When I saw sighted people behaving like the blind, tears welled up in my eyes, but even then I did not despair. It has been destined that their failings should be exposed and their wickedness punished, for they were antagonis- tic towards the truthful and cursed the virtuous. They considered sincerity to be of little worth and took the true to be false; thus they became of those who turned away from the truth. For years, I have seen them embroiled in enmity and dispute, and I have not observed any trace of penitence in them. I, therefore, decided to move away from them and avoided all dialogue. I wished to bring