The Reality of Khilafah — Page 102
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 102 transgression and rebellion, so I was given an ark from my Lord. In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. To elaborate, Allah has observed in this age that the misguid- ance of the Christians along with their onslaught, so that not only are they themselves misguided but they are also misleading very many others. They have wrought much havoc and have spread apostasy and attacked the beautiful Shariah. They have opened the doors to sin and transgression. All this has caused the protec- tive jealousy of Allah, the Lord of Majesty, to be roused. However, there was also internal strife among the Muslims as they had divided the religion of the Holy Prophet s as due to their differences and turned against each other like the mischievous. Allah, then, chose me to put an end to remove this discord. He made me a just arbiter to judge fairly among them, for I am the Imam who has come to the believers in the footsteps of al-Mu st af a , and I am the Messiah who will utterly disprove the Christians and those who have converted to Christianity. In my person, Allah has combined these two names, just as the fire of the two temptations has come together in my time. By Allah, the Creator of both worlds, this is the truth. I have come to spread the light of His blessings. My Lord has chosen me for His appointed time. I cannot prevent the grace of Allah, nor can I do what might displease the Merciful Lord. I am nothing but a mere corpse in the hands of the ghass a l, 1 and I move not but when Allah quickens me. I came when the innovations of Muslims and the evils of Christians had greatly escalated. If you are in doubt 1. The person who bathes the body of the deceased in preparation for bur- ial in accordance with Islamic practice. [Publisher]