Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 233
19 March 1908 233 Quran by declaring it to be interpolated and altered. And as for those who caused the Holy Quran to be disseminated, about whom Allah says, 1 َيِضَر ُهّٰللا ْمُهْنَع َو اْوُضَر ُهْنَع َيِضَر ُهّٰللا ْمُهْنَع َو اْوُضَر ُهْنَع whom He made to inherit the throne of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and whom He declared to be the ones who tes- tified to and fulfilled the prophecies that issued forth from the lips of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—through whom grand Quranic prophecies were fulfilled, through whom He made Islam inherit the thrones and treas- ures of Caesar and Khosrow—they abandoned them by call- ing them traitors, oppressors, hypocrites, and usurpers. This resembles the situation where a pregnant woman—when the days of her pregnancy are complete and the pangs of delivery commence—cries along with her near and dear ones and they worry due to her suffering as it is an uncertain time, and no one knows what the outcome will be; but how out of time and place would it be if someone starts to cry when she has already given birth to a son and has even completed forty days of recovery, resuming her normal health, and the baby is also alive and well? So this is exactly their condition. Time has passed. The Noble Companions ra have passed away, having been bestowed the pleasure of God after ably gracing the throne of Khilafat [Successorship] for their prescribed periods and successfully rendering their respective services, having already received the gardens and the fountains in the Hereafter that were designated for and promised to them. Now, these people raise a hue and cry about how terrible they were—we seek refuge with Allah from such allegations! What is to be gained by mourning in Muharram [first month in Islamic calendar] in memory of the martyrs of 1. Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him ( S u rah al-Bayyinah, 98:9). [Publisher]