Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 8
8 is your opinion about it? Will you accept me or reject me? Only he rejects me who fears the people or who is arrogant or who has not duly reflected and pondered and therefore becomes the one who stays behind or the one who did not remain steadfast when Allah tried him, consequently, he stumbled and became from among those who are ruined. 1 َ ن �ُۡو ن �َ ت �ۡ ن �ُی� َ اَّل ۡ َّا وَھُم ُوۡلُوۡۤا اٰم�َن ت �َّی� ۡ ن �َۡرَکُوۡۤا أ ت�ُّی� ۡ ن �ََّاس ُ أ أَحَس�ِ ب َ ال�ن In fact, the trial is chasing after their lives, their wealth and their honour, so that Allah may know that they are truthful and are not like the firewood that is reduced to ashes. So, my dear, know once again, that I am not like a person who is opposed to the means based on his personal opinion and thus treads the path of the unwise. I rather understand that the utilization of physical means cannot be put aside nor can it be declared futile, except after having received a revelation from Allah the Beneficent. It is impossible for any man to abandon the means without a clear and unambiguous revelation. Therefore, do not hasten to condemn me through lack of insight, or target your spears at me or make any other kind of random attacks. You do not know the reality of my actions and their inner secret. It is not permissible for you to find faults in me without first having knowledge. This is what is expected from the fortunate ones. Surely, my Lord has sent me, and He is not to leave His creation unguided. I swear by Allah that I am truthful and that I am not a liar. So reflect, for this is 1. Do men think that they will be left alone because they say, ‘We believe’, and that they will not be tested? ( S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:3) [Publisher]