Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 799
CHAPTER ONE IN AL-ISTIFTA' 799 Messengers. He trained him in the best possible manner and enabled him to perform the cardinal virtues. He made him follow His Sunnah [go through the same experiences] that He has established for all the Prophets. As a result, any attack on him amounts to an attack upon all the Prophets, and indeed upon everyone sent by the Lord of Grandeur. Furthermore, God assured him of His protection in times of danger and invested him with steadfastness and stability under all circum- stances and helped him when the conspirators hatched plots against him. He protected him from the mischief of the mischief-makers, from the harm of the harmful, and the attack of the attackers. He provided him ease after hardship and shade after heat. Therefore O community of the righteous!—reflect over this! Could reason allow the Holy Lord to grant these rewards and support to a man whom He knows to be amongst the fabricators? Can any text or statement of the Lord of all the worlds be found in this regard? And do you find any such precedent of this anywhere in the universe? Can reason affirm that all such matters can be found in their entirety in an impostor? That he attributes false statements to God day and night, and does not repent from his lies by discarding his own shamelessness; nevertheless, God grants him respite for twenty-six years, reveals to him knowledge of the unseen in abundance, helps him in every way, and grants him succour in every mubahalah against his enemies. Certainly not! Indeed, such a statement can be uttered only by someone who does not believe in the Best of Judges. Beware! Allah's curse is upon the people who ascribe lies to Allah and upon those who reject His Messengers, despite witnessing the Signs of their truthful- ness; they knowingly deny Signs which they have seen. Do they not see that an impostor is never supported like the truthful? Were such a one to be supported, the whole affair would have been confused and false- hood would have been mingled with truth. There would have remained no difference between the recipients of revelation from Allah and the impostors. Beware! The curse of Allah is upon the one who forges lies against Allah or rejects the truthful. Whosoever rejects the truthful or