The Reality of Khilafah — Page 168
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 168 person regarding whom he had reiterated from pulpits that he does not know anything of Arabic and is completely ignorant. If this was not a sign, then Muhammad H usain should have sought the help of all his friends and written the answer to N u rul- H aqq and Kar a m a tu s - Sa diq i n. He was promised great rewards and warned of a thousand curses but paid no heed to any of this. Such, then, is the result of opposing the truth. ِ َبصَار ْأ َا أُولِي ال ی هللا قُوا َّ فَات [So take a lesson, O ye who have eyes!]. The Sheikh’s justification that he did not write a reply to N u rul- H aqq because the Christian clergy were also addressed in it is no more than a cunning excuse. It is but a ruse to avoid having to take up the challenge, but the wise will recognize this as a lame and shameful defence. I had already written that only the Christian clergy and the ungodly will fail to take up this chal- lenge, but it would not be beyond the power of a true Muslim. Therefore, if the Sheikh had written something in response, the Christian clergy would have been even more humiliated and people would have said that Muslims were able to meet the chal- lenge where the Christians had failed. In addition, he would have received 3000 rupees in reward, would have proven my rev- elation to be false, and would have gained honour and prestige among the people. Having now excused himself from taking up the challenge, it would not be honourable of him to call my peo- ple ‘munsh i ’ while he is himself unable to meet the conditions of being a maulaw i. It is also misguided of people to continue to consider such people to be scholars of Arabic and to address them as maulaw i. As a gesture of goodwill, I hereby give a final invitation to the Sheikh to compete with Sirrul-Khil a fah, having given up hope