The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 105
T H e J O u r NA l—F AT e H M A S IH T H e J O u r NA l—F AT e H M A S IH 105 a lie even in its outward form. But what can I say and what can I write about your Yas u ‘ who could not uphold such assiduity in truthfulness? A person who lays claim to Divinity should have come into the world like a roaring lion, instead of adopting tauriyah during his entire life and making all his statements in a manner akin to lies, thereby proving that he is not among the perfect personages who announce themselves in the face of their enemies showing no concern for death. They trust God fully and never exhibit coward- ice at any stage. I am verily reduced to tears when I imagine how I would respond if someone were to object to the timid state and use of tauriyah —which is a form of falsehood—of such a weak- hearted Yas u ‘. When I envision Sayyidul-Mursal i n [the Chief of the Messengers] while being all by himself during the Battle of Uhud, and proclaiming, in the face of drawn swords, that I am Muhammad s as , I am the Prophet of God, I am the son of Abdul Muttalib, and on the other hand I envision your Yas u ‘ while trembling, admonishing his disciples not to tell anyone that he is Jesus the Christ— which ran contrary to reality even though this statement would not have led anyone to kill him—I am drowned in an ocean of bewilderment and ask: ‘O my God! Even this per- son is called a Prophet when such is his standard of courage in the path of God?’ In short, Fateh Masih has exposed his own ignorance quite well. Rather, he even struck a blow on his Yas u ‘ by presenting some of those a ha d i th that mention the justification for tauriyah. Even if tauriyah has been erroneously referred to as falsehood in some hadith, it would be the height of ignorance for someone to