The Reality of Khilafah — Page 56
56 SIRRUL-KHILAFAH-THE REALITY OF KHILAFAH heard about taqiyyah or the concealment of the truth, except from those who do not care about their relationship with the Lord of Honour. By Allah, even if I was cut to pieces with a knife, I could not compromise my faith for a split second. All those whom Allah has guided through His grace and mercy, and who possess sincer- ity, do not accept hypocrisy or the way of the hypocrites. Has not the story of those people reached you who chose death over a life of false praise and did not for even a moment follow the practice of taqiyyah? Instead, they kept praying: رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَ تَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ 10 Alas, for the Shiites! They dare to vilify al-Murtadā because of their enmity to as-Siddiq, the pious one. They have lost their minds due to their blind prejudice. They choose to remain blind even with the presence of light, and they do not reflect. I see that their words are a collection of conjecture and their sayings are based on suppositions. They do not even come close in rationale to a true researcher. O you who read this book with full deliberation! If you love the truth and the right way, the verse of Istikhlāf should be sufficient for you to be guided, for it contains a strong proof for those who are just. Do not equate good people with corrupt ones, do not join Hūd with 'Ad, and just think for a moment like a researcher. You do know that news of the future that is given by 1. Our Lord, pour forth upon us steadfastness and cause us to die resigned to You (Surah al-Aʻrāf, 7:127). [Publisher]