A Gift for An-Nadwah — Page 12
12 from the attacks of his opponents and that he died in accordance with the Divine Will once his life had been completed. It has been prophesied that I too will be granted approximately 80 years in order to complete my mission. But as far as he is concerned, the fulfilment of such prophecies cannot be considered a sign of a claimant’s truth. Under the dictates of his religion, no amount of Divine protection can establish the truthful- ness of either the Holy Prophet sa or myself, because it is also possible for liars to fall within its purview. But, if this were accepted, the whole of the teaching of the Holy Quran, which declares that liars will be caught, disgraced, ruined and made to fail, would have to be considered false. One’s intellect can readily accept the idea, as found in the earlier scriptures that a person who strives to de- stroy the works of God should himself perish. But, in Ha fi z Sahib’s opinion, there have been many people who have falsely claimed to be Prophets and the recipi- ents of Divine revelation and have persisted in their claim for as long as thirty years. During this time, they continuously asserted their truth and fabricated revela- tions until their dying breath and departed this life in a state of disbelief. God prolonged their lives and allowed their work to flourish and did not punish them. More- over, there is no evidence to suggest that they repented