Tadhkirah — Page 246
246 Planners; and the plan of Allah is exceedingly great. They put you off with mockery [and say]: ‘Is this the one whom Allah has raised?’ Tell them: O ye disbelievers I am of the truthful ones; and you will see my Signs after a while. We shall show them Our Signs all around them as well as in their own lives. Proof will be established and victory will be clear. Allah will decide between you. Allah does not guide a liar who exceeds all bounds. They desire to put out Allah’s light but Allah is determined to perfect His light though the disbelievers might resent it. We intend to send down upon you certain mysteries from heaven and to crush your enemies altogether and to show Pharaoh and H a m a n and their hosts that which they apprehend. We have set dogs in authority over you and We have caused wild beasts to be incensed at your words and have tried you greatly. So be not grieved at that which they say. Your Lord is on the watch. Allah the Most Gracious issues this commandment about His vicegerent, the Sultan: He shall be bestowed a great kingdom, treasures of knowledge and wisdom shall be opened at his hand and the earth shall be lit up with the light of its Lord. This is Allah’s grace and it is strange in your eyes. [Iz a la-e-Auh a m, pp. 855–856, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 3, pp. 565–566] 1891 When Maulav i Muhammad H usain issued his edict against me declaring me a disbeliever and incited people by saying that I was not a Muslim, and that funeral prayers should not be said over any of us and that none of us should be permitted to be buried in Muslim graveyards, it created a great rancour and hostility against me and I was left almost alone. At that