The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 96
96. Essence of Islam-V. Translation: Allāh would not chastise them while you are among them. He has given shelter to this town. . Were it not for honouring thee, this town, would have been destroyed. I am the Gracious One Who removes affliction. My Messengers are not afraid in My presence. I am keeping watch. I shall stand with My. Messenger, and shall rebuke the one who rebukes him. I keep a fast and break the fast. I am greatly wroth. Disease will spread and people will die except those who believe and do not adulterate their faith with the least wrong. For them is security and they are rightly guided. We are reducing the earth from its boundaries. I am preparing My armies and they will be left in their homes prone on their faces. We shall show them Our signs in the universe and in their own selves. Help from Allāh and clear victory. I have made a bargain with thee. My Lord has made a bargain with me. You are to Me like My children. You are from Me and I am from you. It may be that thy. Lord will raise thee to a praiseworthy station. The above is with thee and the below is with thy enemies. . Then, be steadfast till the decree of Allāh arrives. . There will come a time upon hell when there will be no one in it. . Now this revelation proves three things: (1) The plague has visited the world because the Promised Messiah, who is from God, has not only been rejected, but has also been tormented. Plots have been hatched to kill him, and he has been called a disbeliever and Dajjāl. . God, therefore, did not want His Messenger to remain