The Noble Son — Page 69
HAZRAT MAULANA JALAL-UD-DIN SHAMS RA 69 the knowledge of Allah, and who, having received knowledge from On High, had also made the claim to being the Musleh Mauood, then there was no way left for him but to throw behind his back any difference or distinction between revealed or non-revealed, and declare both types of fame to be the same - so such heavenly fame may also appear in the sight of people to be the same as non- heavenly fame. And the former leader of the deniers of Khilafat also knew very well that he had already declared that attaining fame to the ends of the earth was to be a special criterion for the recognition of the Musleh Mauood. But when the rightful got his due, or in other words, when the fame that reaches the ends of the earth was bestowed upon the one for whom it was destined by the will of Allah the Almighty, then he, instead of accepting Mahmood as the Musleh Mauood, increased in opposition. And in order to render that same fame, which he had earlier declared to be a special criterion for determining the Musleh Mauood, insignificant and worthless, he began mentioning the fame of actors and actresses. َ اِلَیْہِ رَاجِعُوْن ہللِ وَ اِنَّا اِنَّا. * The Fifth Argument He Shall be Filled with Secular and Spiritual Knowledge The sign that the Promised Son, ‘will be filled with secular and spiritual knowledge’, and that through him, ‘the superiority of Islam and the dignity of God’s Word will become manifest unto the people’ * Translation: ‘To Allah, we belong and to Him shall we return. ’ [Translator]