Reply to a Mockery — Page 116
116 دُعَائِي ْ دَوَاء ٌ مُجَرَّبٌ. اُرِي ْ قَوْمًا جَلَلً. وقَوْمًا اٰخَرِيْن َ جَمَالً. وَبِيَدِي ْ حَرْبَة ٌ اُبِيْدُبِهَا عَادَات ِ الظُّلْم ِ وَالذُّنُوْبِ. وَفِي الُْخْرٰى شُرْبَة ٌ اُعِيْدُبِهَا حَيَاة َ الْقُلُوْبِ. فَاْس ٌ لِلِْفْنَاءِ. وَاَنْفَاس ٌ لِلِْحْيَاءِ. My prayer is a tried and tested remedy. To one nation I dis- play my glory and majesty, and to another my beauty. In one hand, I carry weapons for destroying sin and iniquity. In my other hand, I carry a sweet syrup with which I revive souls; a hatchet to destroy and a breath of life to revive. ( Khu t bah Ilh a miyyah, p. 61–62, Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 16) Similar claims can be found in the books of Muslim saints. The saints acquired such attributes through the Prophet Muhammad s as. For example, Hadrat Syed ‘Abdul Q a dir Jilani rta says: َ مَغْرِبًا و ِ شَرْقًا هللا َ ُ بِلَد ٍمَلَكْت و َ اِن ْ شِئْت ُ اَفْنَیْت ُ الَْنَام َ بِلَحْظَت In the East and in the West, everywhere I am master of God’s dominion. Should I desire, I could destroy God’s creation in the twinkling of an eye. ( Bahjatul-Isr a r wa Ma‘dinul-Anw a r, ‘Al i ibn Yūsufash- Shatn u fi, p. 343, Publisher al-Munazimmatul-Magh- ribiyyah lit-Tarbiyyah wath-thaq a fah wal-‘Ul u mi Fes Morocco, 2013) Maulaw i Sahib! Now we return the fabricated title to you and ask whether or not Hadrat Syed ‘Abdul Q a dir Jil a n i rta was the giver of life and death? He claims that he is able to give life to anyone he