Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 228
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 228 a vessel that had been washed many times, made neat and clean with no remaining trace of any contamination. They worked hard and with sincerity, so God rewarded them accordingly. Hadrat Ab u Bakr was made the Khalifah [Successor] of the Holy Prophet s as. The Mistake of the Shias The Shias have made a big mistake in believing that the right to Khilafat belonged to Hadrat ‘Ali. These unfortunate people overlook the verdict that God gave. When the time had come for His promises to be fulfilled, why did God put a hypocrite and an enemy of the Ahl-e-Bait [those who belong to the house- hold of the Holy Prophet s as ] on the seat of authority? I know that this sect has also transgressed just like the Christians, and the reason for this transgression is the original disappointment they received in the beginning. When those who thought that Yas u ‘ [Christ] would be given a worldly kingdom met failure in this regard, they transgressed in the attributes of Yas u ‘, making Yas u ‘ into God Himself. In the very same way, the Shia sect has given Hadrat ‘Ali a status that God did not intend for him. God deals with everyone according to the condition of their heart. If they had possessed the light of faith, they would not have said such a thing. Was God weak at that time and una- ble to take revenge, or was God a strategist who remained silent upon seeing the might of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra ? 1 1. Badr, vol. 1, no. 9, p. 2, dated 1 June 1905