Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 811
CHAPTER ONE IN AL-ISTIFTA' 811 devours the snakes of secretly hatched plots, and God promised that He would disgrace whoever intends to disgrace this claimant. Thus, anyone who insulted him and was arrogant suffered disgrace. Verily, they continued to reject him without knowledge while their hearts were in a state of negligence on account of their mundane desires. They looked upon the divine order spitefully and tormented the servants of God with their aspersions. They themselves do not enter the abode of truthfulness; and more- over, they block those who wish to enter it and not to remain in denial. Therefore, the wrath of Allah is upon them and He has prepared for them robes of fire and afflicted them with the flames of deprivation. They can neither bear them nor can they repel the heat of restlessness. They look right and left but can find neither refuge from the wrath of God Almighty nor one who can save them from ruin. Hence, their end was nothing but loss, destruction, humiliation, and degradation. The arrows they shot at this servant [of Allah] missed as God kept him safe from their evil. God admitted him into the sanctuary of peace and the house of tranquillity. They emptied their quivers to ward off the inevitable decree, and sought to extinguish with their mouths the heav- enly light that had descended. Like a rock they fell upon him with the desire to reduce him to dust. They wanted mountains to crash down upon him, wiping out his existence, but God granted him overwhelm- ing victory, that Allah might make it a cause of regret for them. Surely, Allah never allows the disbelievers to prevail over the believ- ers. The disbelievers could not ward off the misfortune that Allah had forewarned about them. Allah gave His ordained servant the glad tid- ing that: he would always be under His protection and security, the enemies from among the wicked would not be able to harm him in the least, and he will always live under the grace of the Most Forgiving God. God thus kept him safe and welcomed him in His presence, but for his enemies, He became like a sharp sword. God helped him, like a friend, in every field and granted him prosperity after distress and for his sake transformed the earth into a verdant vale or an orchard