Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 142
142 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, will achieve salvation, know for certain that he has a leprous heart and is blind and has no knowledge whatsoever of what Tauḥīd is. Satan is better than him in the profession of such Tauḥīd inasmuch as Satan, though sinful and rebellious, is yet certain that God does exist,¹ but such a person does not even enjoy certainty about the existence of God. In short, those who hold the belief that a mere affirmation of Tauhid without believing in the Holy Prophet, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, will suffice for anyone's salvation, are cov- ert apostates. They are, indeed, enemies of Islam and they carve out for themselves a path to apostasy. It does not behove any pious person to support such people. It is a pity that our opponents, despite styl- ing themselves as maulawis and men of learning, are pleased by such actions of these people. The fact of the matter is that these poor souls are always in search of some situation to arise that will humiliate and disgrace me, but due to their misfortune they ultimately fail in this. At first they composed an edict of kufr [disbelief] against me. About 200 maulawis put their seals of affirmation on it and I was declared a kafir [disbeliever]. These edicts were so harsh that some of the clerics even declared that my followers and I are worse than the Jews and Christians in our kufr. In general, edicts were issued stating, "These people should not be buried in Muslim graveyards, nor greeted with the greeting of peace, nor should a handshake be extended to them. ' Also, they declared that since we are kāfirs, it is not permissible to 1. If someone were to ask, why does Satan disobey God Almighty when he is certain about His existence and Oneness? The answer to it is that his disobe- dience is not like the disobedience of man; he has been created for the trial of man with this very habit. This is a mystery the details of which have not been disclosed to man. It is the character of man that, mostly and overwhelmingly, he is guided aright by acquiring perfect knowledge about God Almighty, as Only those] إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَموا Allah the Exalted says in the Holy Quran of His servants who possess knowledge fear Allah, (Sūrah Fāṭir, 35:29)]. However, those who have a satanic nature are outside this rule. (Author)