The Honour of Prophets — Page 47
47 in God? Do we not believe in Him?” The only response to this is that they, in fact, neither have faith in God nor do they believe in Him. Sadly, they do not realise that although they would never thrust their hands into a hole, which they know for certain contains a poisonous snake, because in doing so they foresee their own death, yet they brazenly commit any sin. They do not consume a deadly poison knowing they will die, yet they commit the very deadliest of sins. Let alone certainty, even a high degree of probability holds them back from acting in a manner where harm may be sustained. For instance, such people would not approve of sleeping under a roof with a cracked beam, nor would they desire to remain in a village where cholera or the plague had broken out. Why then, despite their claim to belief, do they violate the commandments of God Almighty? Rest assured that such people do not truly possess certainty—not even a high degree of probability—that an Omnipotent Being exists who can destroy them in an instant. The Christian Deity In the present age, this disease is not specific to a par ticular group; as it afflicts the Christians, so too it afflicts the Muslims. To their individual extent, the people of the East and the West have equally partaken of this ill.