Reply to a Mockery — Page 48
48 age you have no intercessor other than this Messiah—the exception being the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—and this intercessor is in no way separated from the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; his intercession is, in fact, the very intercession of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. O Christian missionaries! Say not ْح ي نَا الْمَسِ ُّ رَب [Our Lord is the Messiah] and observe that among you now there is one who is greater than that Messiah [i. e. Jesus]. And O Shiites, do not persist in saying that Husain is your sav- iour, because I say truly that there is one among you now who is greater than that Husain. If I say these things of my own accord, then I am a liar. But if I possess God’s testi- mony concerning it, then do not oppose God, lest you be considered in opposition to God. Now hasten towards me. I liken such a one who has- tens towards me at this time to the one who boards a ship at the verge of a violent storm. However, I foresee that he who does not accept me will be like the one who throws himself into a tempest without any provisions to save him- self. I am the true intercessor, and I am the shadow and zill [reflection] of the most venerated intercessor— Hadrat Muhammad Mu st af a [the Chosen One], peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him. The blind of this age did not accept him and treated him with deep contempt. ( D a fi‘ul- Bal a ’i wa Mi‘y a ru Ahlil-I st if a ’, Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 18, p. 233; Defence Against the Plague & A Criterion for the Elect of God , English ed. 2015, p. 21-22)