The Reality of Khilafah — Page 83
Chapter Two—About the Mahdi 83 tains have been quarried, rivers have been made to flow forth into canals, people have been brought closer to one another, the earth in this clear Book. Amongst its prophecies, it foretells the widespread publication of books in the Latter Days of the world, which has been fulfilled in this age. Furthermore, it foretells that people would recov- er books that had been lost or even buried in such numbers as would delight the readers. Accordingly, all means of writing and publication have emerged and we have no choice but to accept these facts without any hesitation. If you are in doubt about this, then show us such an ex- ample from earlier times. One of the tidings foretold by the All-Knowing, the Subduer, was that camels would be abandoned, rivers and oceans would be made to flow forth, and countries would be brought closer together. As God had foretold, so it came to be. Blessed is He who has knowledge of all things concealed in heaven and earth. He told us about the people of fertile lands who would descend from every height and become excessively overbearing and create mischief in the land. We have seen these peo- ple exceeding all limits with our own eyes, and we have seen that they have dominated the earth, in the east and the west. The heavens may well-nigh be rent asunder on account of their ill deeds. They confound the truth with falsehood and are a deceitful people. They use kindness, enticement, and fabrication as the means to ensnare people. Through this ‘trinity’ they have caused the ruin of many of God’s creatures. Whoever among them adopts the way of treachery and misguidance must use these three methods. They destroy some people by deceiving them through their deceitful kindness and all manner of enticements, and others through their distortions that keep the light away. Thus do they deliberately mislead people. They have never derived any benefit from their doctrine of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, for that is a mere concoction. On the other hand, this trinity [kindness, entice- ment, and fabrication] has definitely benefited them. Hence, they have succeeded in their unholy and malignant machinations. I wonder how the Holy Spirit could have aided them, and how they have progressed so quickly, crossing every barrier. The fact is that everything has a term, and when it comes to an end, no plot will benefit the deceivers, nor will they have the power to stand before the truthful. —Author