The Reality of Khilafah — Page 5
T HE R E AL IT Y OF K HIL T HE R E AL IT Y OF K HIL A A FAH FAH 5 and injustice of an unjust one to go unchecked but will refute him immediately. He will challenge all doubtful assertions, exposing every defect in them and revealing the deceit of the fabricator. I rank amongst those whose love of Truth inspires them to challenge the opponents of Truth, and who, by championing Truth, expose those who are ever so keen on excommunicating others when, in fact, they themselves are worthy of excommunication. The detail of this matter is that Allah has commissioned me and given me the glad tidings that I am the Reformer of this century and the Promised Messiah for this Ummah. When I informed the Muslims about my claim, they reacted with out- rage like the ignorant, jumping to conclusions on account of their suspicious nature and declaring me a liar and a fabricator. Whenever I presented the fruits of pious words before them, they rejected them like a man suffering from indigestion rejects food. They hurled filthy words upon me and attacked me with their poisonous fangs. I admonished them and preached the truth to them repeatedly. I counselled them publicly and privately but my advice was treated like clouds that bear no rain. My best admoni- tions incensed the miscreants even further until they crossed all limits in their cruelty and persecution. Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and so they continued to grow in meanness and mal- ady, stubbornly entrenched within their position. They cursed me, accused me of lying, issued edicts of heresy against me, and slandered me, but Allah did as He had willed and demonstrated that those who rejected me were themselves liars. Every arrogant one rejected me, but the One who cared for me and guided me, guarded me with His protection and care, and raised me under His shelter, and kept me among the safeguarded.