The Reality of Khilafah — Page 40
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 40 ٖهِبِحاَصِل اَل ْنَزْحَت َّنِا َهّٰللا اَنَعَم١ۚ َلَزْنَاَف ُهّٰللا ٗهَتَنْيِكَس ِهْيَلَع َو ٗهَدَّيَا ٍدْوُنُجِب ْمَّل اَهْوَرَت َو َلَعَج اَّلِا ُهْوُرُصْنَت ْدَقَف ُهَرَصَن ُهّٰللا ْذِا ُهَجَرْخَا َنْيِذَّلا اْوُرَفَك َيِناَث ِنْيَنْثا ْذِا اَمُه يِف ِراَغْلا ْذِا ُلْوُقَي 1 َةَمِلَك َنْيِذَّلا اوُرَفَك ىٰلْفُّسلا ١ؕ َو ُةَمِلَك ِهّٰللا َيِه اَيْلُعْلا١ؕ َو ُهّٰللا ٌزْيِزَع ٌمْيِكَح۰۰ Ponder over these verses until you have properly understood them. Do not turn away from them deliberately and knowingly. Consider what the Lord of the worlds has said. Do not be led into peril by your rancorous behaviour towards the righteous ones who have been chosen by Allah. Indeed, it is only by treading the path of virtue and keeping away from the path of ruin that one is drawn closer to Allah. Additionally, the best means of gaining refuge with Allah is to hold one’s tongue and to refrain from abuse and backbiting, an evil that is likened to ‘eating the flesh of a dead brother’. Reflect on the aforemen- tioned verse. Does it praise a s - S idd i q or subject him to rebuke and reproach? Do you know of any other Companion who has been so specifically and highly praised? Can you point towards any other who has been designated as ‘one of the two’, has been named a close companion of the Holy Prophet s as , and has been made a recipient of the blessings enshrined in the words ‘Allah is with us’? Can you name anyone else who has received Divine support in such a manner? Do you know of anyone who has been so praised in the Holy Quran, whose character has been secured 1. If you help him not, then know that Allah helped him even when the dis- believers drove him forth while he was one of the two when they were both in the cave, when he said to his companion, ‘Grieve not, for Allah is with us. ’ Then Allah sent down His peace on him and strengthened him with hosts which you did not see, and humbled the word of those who disbelieved, and it is the word of Allah alone which is supreme. And Allah is Mighty, Wise ( S u rah at-Taubah, 9:40). [Publisher]