Tadhkirah — Page 509
1900 509 law and revive the faith. Had faith ascended to the Pleiades, he would have brought it down. We have sent it down close to Qadian and We have sent it down with the truth and with the truth it has descended. Allah and His Messenger have affirmed the truth and Allah’s decree was bound to be carried out. The heavens and the earth were a solid mass and We split them asunder. He it is Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth so that He might cause it to prevail over all religions. They say: ‘This is all imposture’. Say: If I have fabricated it, I shall bear the burden of its guilt. I have spent among you a whole lifetime before this, then will you not understand? They say: ‘We have not heard any of this from our forefathers’. Say: The guidance of Allah is the only true guidance and he who seeks something else beside it, it will not be accepted from him and in the hereafter he will be among the losers. You are certainly on the straight path. You have a good standing in this world and the next and you are one of those who are close to Allah. They say: ‘Whence did you obtain all this? This is but the word of a man and other people have helped him in the matter, then will you submit to magic deliberately? Fie on that which you are being promised by this low person who cannot make his meaning clear, being ignorant or a lunatic. ’ Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will then love you. We shall suffice you against those who mock you. Leave Me alone to deal with those who give you the lie. All praise belongs to Allah Who has made you Mas ih ibn-e-Maryam [Messiah, son of Mary]. He chooses for Himself whom He wills. He is not accountable for that which He does, and they are accountable. There are people for whom We have made it easy to accept the guidance and there are people for whom Our chastisement has been decreed. They plan and Allah plans and Allah is the Best of planners and the plan of Allah is the greatest. They mock you and say: ‘Is this the one whom God has raised up? He is a man who will ruin the faith. ’ My Signs have been illumined and they have denied them unjustly and arrogantly while their hearts realise their truth. Allah ruin them, whither are they turned away? Say to them: O ye who disbelieve, I am of the righteous, I have with me evidence from Allah that I have been commissioned and I am the foremost of believers. Build the ark under Our supervision and according to Our directions. Those who enter into a covenant with you enter into a covenant with Allah; Allah’s hand is above their hands. Those who turn to Me and reform are the ones to whom I shall