The Reality of Khilafah — Page 134
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 134 matter has intrigued me as far back as I can remember, and I had long resolved to thoroughly investigate its every aspect and to think over it deeply. Therefore, I was keen to seek out every piece of information and to enquire about every authentic account regarding this issue. I found a s - S idd i q to be truthful, as was made clear to me after my research. When I found him to be the leader of Imams and the lamp of the Religion and Ummah, I held fast to him and entered his fortress. I attracted the mercy of my Lord by loving the righteous. He thus had mercy on me, gave me refuge, assisted me, nourished me and made me one of the honoured ones. He made me out of His mercy the Reformer of this century, the Promised Messiah, and of those whom He blesses with His dis- course. He removed grief from me and gave me what no one in the world was ever given. All this is owing to the blessing of following the Holy Prophet, the unlettered one, and loving those who are granted nearness to Allah. O Allah, bless and prosper the Best of the Messengers and Kh a tamul-Anbiy a’ [the Seal of the Prophets], Mu h ammad, who is the Best of all Mankind. By Allah, Ab u Bakr was the Holy Prophet’s constant com- panion in the two holy cities and in the two tombs as well. Here I refer, firstly, to the ‘tomb’ of the cave wherein he concealed himself as if he were dead, and, secondly, to the tomb that is in Madinah, which is adjacent to the tomb of Khairul-Bariyyah [i. e. the Best of Creation—the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as ]. Think, therefore, of the [high] status of a s - S idd i q if you are a people who reflect. Allah has praised him and his Khil a fah in the Quran and praised him in the highest terms. There is no