Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 832
832 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO HAQIQATUL-WAḤI t You read the hadith of the Prophet of Allah [stating,] ['Your Imam will be from among you'], yet you feign ignorance. Do you dare deny the one who has come from the Gracious Lord with clear Signs and arguments? You can see how badly the disbelievers have damaged your Faith, the best of all faiths. They are bent upon making you apostates and turning you into the cohorts of Satan as they them- selves are. May Allah have mercy upon you. Know that Allah, out of His jeal- ousy for His honour, has decreed that He will send His servant to the world, fulfil His promise, and safeguard His servants from the band of the rebellious. Thus, I am the appointed servant of God and the present time is that time which had been written about beforehand. Truth has been manifested and the time has been determined. What is the matter with you that you do not understand? Woe unto you for becoming the first to reject me, whereas previously you had been waiting for someone to come. Do you not see how the earth has been completely overtaken by shirk? Why then do you reject knowingly what Allah has Himself sent down? O scholars of this nation! Do not be inclined towards the goblet of sleep, for God is awakening you with extraordinary calamities, and is warning you of even greater troubles. Where is the fear like that of the righteous, and where is the water of tears [that flow] in remembrance of Allah the Supreme? You were the vessel of faith, yet this [vessel] overflowed, indeed, and started streaming down with disbelief. It has astonished me that the bird of your souls did not bear young ones or eggs. O squanderers! Were you created for merely sitting at neatly laid tables to eat bread with roasted meat? Nay, Allah the Exalted said: مَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ 1. I have not created the Jinn and the men but that they may worship Me (Surah Adh-Dhariyāt, 51:57). [Publisher]