Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 392
392 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION to the machinations of the Christian clerics—who are ever engaged in promoting misguidance? No, not at all! On the contrary, the God of the heavens will dispel it Himself. He shall strike like lightning, emerge forth like a hurricane, and shake the world like a furious wind when the time of His wrath arrives. But God is Independent. The fire of the stone of providence requires the striking of human supplications. But alas, how difficult is the task! Alas, how difficult it is indeed! We have to offer a sacrifice. Until we give that sacrifice, the breaking of the Cross shall not occur. No Prophet has ever succeeded until such sacrifice was given by him. It is this sacrifice to which the following noble verse [of the Holy Quran] refers: وَاسْتَفْتَحُوا وَ خَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيد Meaning that, the Prophets sought victory by putting themselves through the fires of spiritual exertion. What happened then was that every obstinate tyrant met destruction. It is to this fact that the following couplet refers: بیچ قومی را خدا رسوا نکرد تا دل مرد خدا نامد بدرو Until the heart of a man of God was filled with anguish, No people were ever disgraced by God. Also, it is a grave mistake to believe that breaking the Cross means that the crosses made of wood or gold and silver shall be broken; such crosses have always been broken in Islamic wars. Rather, it means that the Promised Messiah will demolish the doctrine of Crucifixion, after which the doctrine of Crucifixion will not thrive in the world and will never be restored up to the Day of Judgment. It will not be broken by human hand. Instead God, who is Almighty, shall annihilate this mis- chief in the same way He permitted it to emerge. 1. Surah Ibrāhīm, 14:16 [Publisher]