Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 822
822 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO ḤAQIQATUL-WAḤI Thus, if you do not fear Allah, then you may continue on your course; Allah will bring someone in exchange for you. But if you fear Him, then the argument is evident and the matter is easy. Islam has faced the trauma of autumn. Consider, then, has not the time arrived for spring and its pleasant breeze? You see that the hearts suffered from drought in this age of ours and the cool refreshing winds departed and left them forsaken. Then came the mercy of God like heavy rain and redressed the situation in a perfect manner. In this age, Allah has willed to remove the thorns that have wounded the feet of Islam, and to cut down every thorny branch that lies in its path and to cleanse the Earth of the ignoble ones. Whether you accept it or not, certainly, I am the spring shower. I have not made this claim out of selfish ambition. Rather, I have been sent by Allah, the Originator, so that I may purify the world of its idols and cleanse the minds of carnal desires and satans. Do you not see what has befallen this Religion and how weaknesses have piled up atop weakness? The epidemic has extended beyond household members to the neighbours. Death has called its mate [victim] in the same manner in which he invited it. Religion has been trampled beneath the feet of the worshippers of a human being. Its enemies have attacked it like a serpent, until it became like a town ravaged by flood or like ground overrun by horses. Allah then took note that the Earth had been laid to waste and the thoughts of people have become corrupt and nothing was left in them except ambitions of the world and its desires, and its admirers have lurched toward it. It is at this juncture that Allah has raised me amongst you for the revival of the Religion, and for the refor- mation and beatitude of the Faith. So ponder―may Allah have mercy on you—have I come to you untimely, as the impostors do, or have I come to your aid when satans are plundering you? May God guide you. Know that this matter is with the decree and determination of Allah. This light is not from any darkness; rather, it is from His Full Moon [the Holy Prophet sa]. How many a wolf has torn apart the servants of Allah? Do you not