The Noble Son — Page 115
HAZRAT MAULANA JALAL-UD-DIN SHAMS RA 115 be expelled from the spiritual realm and his character should be considered to be stained. However, quite contrary to the argument of the president of the deniers of Khilafat, Allah the Almighty guides the believers in the Holy Qur’an concerning the accusations that were levelled against Hazrat Ayeshah Siddeeqah ra that whenever the believers hear a voice of this type, raised in accusations, they should cry out ٌ م ْ تَانٌ عَظِی ْ بُہ حٰنَکَ ہٰذَا ْ نَّتَکَلَّمَ بِہٰذَا سُب ْ نُ لَنَاۤ اَن ْ یَکُو مَا that ‘It is not proper that we convey this about. Holy art Thou, O God, this is grievous calumny!’ 138 Allah the Almighty also states َ ن ْ مِنِی ْ مُّؤ ْ تُم ْ کُن ْ اِن لِہ ٖۤ اَبَدًا ْ لِمِث ا ْ دُو ْ تَعُو ْ ُ اَن ہلل یَعِظُکُم ُ ا that ‘Allah admonishes you never to return to the like thereof, if you are believers’. 139 He furthermore, said that those who forward such type of allegations and are unable to present four eyewitnesses, are liars in the sight of Allah the Almighty! He said concerning those who spread indecencies, ِ ة ٰخَِ ْ وَ ال یَا ْ الدُّن فِی ا ْ لُعِنُو meaning, they are cursed in this world and the Hereafter. And the Promised Messiah as citing a Qur’anic verse writes: ‘Thus, it is proven from the Qur’anic text that the one on whom an offense is not proven by Shariah, is free. ’ 140 Furthermore, after having written the verse ِ صَنٰت ْ مُح ْ نَ ال ْ مُو ْ نَ یَر ْ وَالَّذِی * he explains: ‘Those who calumniate chaste women by accusing them of * Translation: ‘Those who calumniate chaste women. ’ The Holy Qur’an 24:5 [Translator]