Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 155
155 Opposition against a Community Established on the Precepts of Prophethood Invariably, any dispensation established on the precepts of prophethood is bound to be the target of such allegations. However, ultimately, God Almighty clears His divinely appointed, beloved and pure servants from the charges of those who disbelieve, and demonstrates that they are absolutely innocent of the accusations levelled against them. In turn, it is established that the eye and heart of those who objected were deceived. Since a chosen one of God possesses superiority in terms of argumentation and proof, everything that he states is sound and firm, and such signs are manifested in his support which render critics powerless. It is for this reason that opponents will ignore the actual objective at hand and make personal attacks. And so, when the opponents find no way of escape, they begin to launch shallow attacks, and begin to put forth absurd forms of criticism, the better part of which comprise blatant forgery, while others are based on their own lack of understanding. Ultimately, our opponents observed that whatever I present is not only logical, but also supported with sound evidence and argu- mentation; they saw that the Holy Quran stood by my side; they saw that the Hadith was with me; they saw that reason and the law of nature also supported me; and more than anything else, they could see that thousands of heavenly signs were manifested in my support. They observed that even those signs which were prophesied by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were fulfilled in my support, and in addition to this, hundreds of other signs were manifested on my hand. Now, these people have been surrounded from all sides. This era bears testi- mony to the fact that we are, at present, in need of a man appointed by God. The need of our present age and the circumstances that confront us today proclaim that this era is the age of the Promised Messiah. This is also supported by the visions, dreams and revelations of the Muslim saints. It has been established that the Holy Quran supports me and my community continues to grow day by day. When all this became evident, my opponents altered their strategy. Since they realised that there was nothing for them to grasp onto by way of objection, they began to engage in personal attacks against me, perhaps in view of the fact that people are more quickly influenced in this manner. However, do these fools not know that the Christians raise similar sorts of objections? I once came across a p. 139