The Reality of Khilafah — Page 153
An Announcement for Public Awareness 153 God never gave them such qualities, to begin with. May God pro- tect us from every mischief. No one knows what jealousy these words might provoke in their hearts and how vociferously they might declare me to be an apostate, but I care for none of this. Everyone’s case rests with God Almighty. In no verse of the Holy Quran do we find the exhortation to start killing without having first adequately conveyed the Message. Our Master and Prophet s as endured the persecution of the disbelievers for thirteen years. He was tormented in every possible way but he did not respond in kind. Many of his friends and family were killed but he did not at all fight back. He was crushed by sorrow but responded with nothing but patience. Finally, when the tyranny of the disbeliev- ers crossed all limits and they wanted to destroy Islam by killing all Muslims, God Almighty saved His beloved Prophet from the hands of those wolves and delivered him safely to Madinah. In truth, that was the day when it was ordained in heaven that the tormentors would be punished. دبرد اندم �ُدا خ � رمد دل ات رکند روسا دخا را وقےم چ � ی �ہ� God brings not humiliation upon a people, So long as they remember him with anguish. Alas, the disbelievers did not stop there but pursued the Holy Prophet and tried to kill him. They carried out many raids and expeditions and tried to hurt him in every way. This went on until, in the sight of God, they became worthy of being punished due to their innumerable sins. Had their mischief not reached such a level, the Holy Prophet s as would never have raised the sword, but those who had raised their swords and had been deemed by God