Refutation of the Doctrine of Transmigration — Page 33
Refutation of the Doctrine of Trasmigration 33 Most surely we help our Messengers and those who believe, in the present life. A man asked me a question: if all the comforts can be attained through belief and all discomforts through disbelief and disobe - dience, why are the Englishmen successful and prosperous in this world. At this, I told him and the audience that the lowest part of faith is clearing pathways and removing harmful obstacles from pathways. Likewise, believers are required to observe and lead their life by mutual consultation, as has been ordained in these words: 1 ْمُهُرْمَا ىٰرْوُش ْمُهَنْيَب Believers are those whose governance and affairs are decided by mutual consultation. Moreover, the believers have been told: 2 َو َّنَا ٗهَيْعَس َفْوَس ىٰرُي َو ْنَا َسْيَّل ِناَسْنِاْلِل اَّلِا اَم ىٰعَس ۰۰ And that the humans receive the recompense of what they strive for; and will see the results of their effort My dear addressees! The English acted upon these few command - ments, but you turned your faces away. Those who acted upon these injunctions of Islam are benefiting from them, while you 1. S u rah ash-Sh u r a , 42:39 [Publisher] 2. S u rah an-Najm, 53:40–41 [Publisher]