Tadhkirah — Page 510
510 turn and I am Oft-Returning with Mercy. The leader is the best of all creation. The enemy will say: ‘You are not a Messenger. ’ We shall seize him from the snout. Call to mind when your Lord said: I am about to place a vicegerent in the earth; and they said: ‘Will you place therein one who will commit disorder?’ He answered: I know that which you do not know. They look at you but do not see you. They are awaiting your being afflicted with misfortune; they themselves will be the subjects of evil fortune. Say: Carry on, on your side, and I shall also carry on, and then soon will you know. Allah will safeguard you, though men may not; though men may not safeguard you yet Allah will safeguard you. Holy is Allah. You are His dignity, He will not forsake you. You are the Messiah whose time will not be wasted. A pearl like you is not wasted. Allah will not furnish the disbelievers with a cause against the believers. Have you not seen that We are diminishing the earth from its borders? Have you not seen that Allah has power over all things? Then await the Signs for a while. You are the honoured Messiah and I am with you and with your helpers and you are My high name. You are to Me like My Unity and My Uniqueness and you have with Me the standing of a loved one. Then be steadfast till Our decree arrives and warn your near relations and warn your people and tell them: I am a plain Warner. They are an immoral people; they have rejected Our Signs and have mocked them. Allah will suffice you against them and will return her to you. There is no changing of His words. Allah’s promise is true and Allah has power to do all that He determines. Say: Yea, by my Lord it is the truth, and be not of those who doubt. We have married her to you. It is Our way that when We determine a matter We say to it: Be; and it is. We give them respite till a fixed period which is near. Great is Allah’s grace upon you. My help will come to you. I am the Gracious One. When the help of Allah arrives and I address Myself to the judgment, they will say: Our Lord, forgive us, we were in error; and they will fall down on their faces. (They will be told:) No blame shall lie on you this day. May Allah forgive you. He is the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy. Glad tidings for you in those days. Faces will be disfigured. On that day the unjust one will rub his hands in remorse and will say: ‘Fie on me! I wish I had adopted the way of the Messenger. ’ They say: ‘This is only the word of a man. ’ Say: Had it been from any other than Allah, they would have found in it much contradiction. Give glad tidings to those who have believed that they have a standing of truth with