The Reality of Khilafah — Page 167
An Announcement for Public Awareness 167 rest are but a reflection of the Sheikh’s own lack of understanding and reveal that the Sheikh never paid any real attention to Arabic. It would have been better if he had kept silent and not exposed himself. I have been eagerly looking forward to seeing the Sheikh produce a book as eloquent as mine in prose and verse, receive the reward I have promised, and win my admission that he is indeed a true scholar of Arabic. I have said time and again that I have written these books with the help of God. I do not call them Divine revelation or inspira- tion, but I must say that God’s special and supernatural support caused them to be written by my hand. I have announced many times that if the Sheikh—who I believe is in a state of disgrace and has been deprived of any knowledge of Arabic—could compete with my writings, he would be able to destroy all my claims. Why doesn’t he pay attention to this and what is preventing him from doing so? It is perhaps because he is bereft of the knowledge of Arabic and is languishing in disgrace and it is impossible for him to compete with me. This is a clear fulfilment of the revelation: َ َانَتَك ه ن ْ اَرَاد َ اِ َّ اِنّی ْ مُھِیْن ٌ م I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you. Isn’t this the same Muhammad H usain who went about proclaim- ing that I was ignorant, that I didn’t know a word of Arabic, and that the eminent scholars who are with me are only munsh i s? God’s honour demanded that his own failings should be exposed and his arrogance should be shattered and he should taste the fruit of egotism and arrogance. What could be more disgrace- ful than to be shamed and humiliated at the hands of the very