Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 493
29 September 1905 493 their midst? Will he also join them in tabarra [cursing the Companions] or will he guide them to refrain from it? Had the fear of God been in them, adhering to taqw a and acting upon: 1 اَل ُفْقَت اَم َسْيَل َكَل ٖهِب ٌمْلِع اَل ُفْقَت اَم َسْيَل َكَل ٖهِب ٌمْلِع and had they listened carefully to my words and then pondered over them, then it would have been their right to subsequently say as they wished. However, they paid it no heed nor did they fear the wrath of God, spewing whatever came to their mouths. I reveal with the deepest regret that their condition has deteriorated. If this very word ی ِفِّ ََوَ ت ی ِفِّ ََوَ ت [ tawaff i — ‘death’] is for Y u suf [ Joseph], peace be on him, they take it to mean ‘death’. If it is for the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, they take it to mean ‘death’, but if it is related to Jesus, it is taken to mean ‘ascending to heaven with the earthly body ’! What audacity and boldness! Is there not even the least respect for the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in their hearts? Had they applied this very meaning to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, we would understand that they are not making any distinction. However, they now exclusively associate this phenomenon with Jesus, although no one even acknowledges ascension to the heavens with an earthly body —neither Jew nor Christian. The Jews do not consent to even spiritual ascension. The Christians assert the glorified body, though they are disingenuous in this because when they saw [ Jesus] the Messiah, it was that very earthly body insofar as it had wounds in it and they beheld them by putting 1. And follow not that of which thou hast no knowledge ( S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, 17:37). [Publisher]