The Need for the Imam — Page 52
52 According to this revelation, God has vouchsafed to me the knowledge of the Quran and has named me Awwal-ul-Mumin i n [the first of the believers]. He has filled me with spiritual verities and truths like an ocean. He has revealed to me again and again that no one can equal me in my love for God and His recog- nition. God is my witness that I am ready for this contest. He who does not accept me will regret it after death, for he is under the Divine argument. My dear, nothing whether related to the world or to the faith, can be adequately performed without competence. I remember that once a young man of a noble house—who was an absolute ignoramus and did not even know Urdu—appeared before a British official [with recom- mendation] to be appointed a Tehsildar. The British official said, 'Who will decide the cases for him if I make him a Tehsildar? I can’t give him any post worth more than five rupees. ' In the same way, God also says: 48 Is it worthy of a person to whom thousands of friends and foes bring their questions and objections, and who is ap- warned and so that the way of the guilty ones might become manifest. Tell them: I have been commissioned and I am the first of the believers. [Publishers] 48 Allah knows best where to place His Message– Al-An‘ a m , 6:125 [Publishers]