Arba'in — Page 97
Number Three 97 Quranic argument, ‘If this Prophet had falsely claimed to receive revelation, I would have destroyed him’, amounts to nothing and, on the contrary, there are many such liars found in the world who attributed lies to God by falsely claiming prophethood, messengership, or being appointed from Allah for a period even greater than twenty-three years and are still present living today. Ha fi z Sahib’s statement is such that no believer could tolerate it save he alone whose heart falls under the curse of Allah. Is the Word of God false? ٌّ ِ حَق هللا َ َ اِن َّ قَوْل اِل َ ِ ا هللا َ ِتَاب ك َ َذَّب ك ْ َ وَمَن ْ أَظْلَم ُ مِن َ الَّذِی ْن ي ِ َذِّب ك الْمُ ى ٰ ِ عَل هللا َ َ اِن َّ لَعْنَۃ اِل َ وَا [‘And who is more unjust than he who rejects the Book of Allah? Beware! Certainly, it is the Word of Allah that is true. And beware, the curse of Allah is certainly upon those who reject’]. This is the might of Allah that amongst the other Signs He manifested this Sign for me as well that the days of my receiving revelation from Allah are equal in number to the days of our mas- ter Muhammad, Mu st af a [the Chosen One], may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, receiving revelations. Ever since the inception of the world, no precedent will be found of another per- son who lived for twenty-three years as did our master and leader, the Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and was then found to have been false in his claiming to have received wa hi [revelation] from Allah. Allah the Exalted conferred the special honour upon our Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that He established even the duration of his prophethood as a measure of truthfulness. Therefore—O believers!—if you encounter some- one who claims to be commissioned by Allah, and it is proven to you that twenty-three years have elapsed since he made his claim