Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 819
CHAPTER TWO 819 him to be a disbeliever. ' Such are your prayers and these are your state- ments. You read in the Quran and you believe in it, yet you knowingly cast its import behind your backs. Do you find in the Book of Allah any mention of the descent of ‘Īsā after his death? Then, O wise people! What is the meaning of ? Do you reject the Book of Allah after having believed in it? Do you not fear Allah, and seek instead to please your brethren? Do you show enmity to the one sent at the turn of the century, though he is one from amongst you and belongs to this ummah; one who has come at the time of need and at the time of the mischief of Christianity? He adhered to the narrow paths of the Scriptures of Allah with truth and wisdom, and Allah testified to his truth with shining Signs. What is the matter with you that you reject the mercy of Allah when it has descended, and are not among the grateful? Your night [i. e. unenlightened thinking] has covered Islam and your flood [i. e. violent behaviour] is raging towards it, yet you think what you are doing is good? What is the matter with you that you do not take note of this age and its attendant troubles, of the storm of disbelief and its assaults? Is no man amongst you to be counted among the sagacious? By Allah, I am utterly surprised and completely baffled by what you say and what you do. What strategy have you devised against the disbelievers, and what preparations have you made in response to the Christians? You cut your roots with your own hands and you support the enemies of religion with your state- ments. Allah has raised His servant at the time of this storm, but you reject him and expunge him from the circle of faith, while he has come with a brilliant light and beautiful insights so that he may be the divine argument for the truth of Islam, so that the sun of Islam may emerge from the darkness, so that Allah may protect it from the harm and bit- terness of the time, so as to lengthen its shade and multiply its fruit, so as to show its light to the masses, so as to enable people to see for them- selves that it [Islam] is greater than all other faiths in terms of quality, 1. But since you did cause me to die (Surah al-Ma'idah, 5:118). [Publisher]