The Reality of Khilafah — Page 30
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 30 been protected from the meddling of the unjust. Trying to discern the truth from them is as hard as extracting honey from a beehive, and yet people seem to take it so lightly. This is true of most a ha- di t h, as everyone is aware. What then, after rejecting Allah’s Book and His Signs, will you believe? Where will you go when the truth comes to light? If you discard the truth, what will you be left with except for error? O Muslims! Save yourselves from going astray! I said earlier that the Traditions do not necessarily provide certainty. They are rather a collection of conjectures, doubts, assumptions, and concoctions. Anyone who abandons the Quran and relies solely on them will fall into the abyss of destruction and will be ruined. The Traditions are like a trembling old man in a worn-out garb; they cannot stand up except by leaning on the firm support of the Quran. How can one expect to attain the treasures of knowledge and wisdom from the Traditions without this great Imam [the Quran]? The Holy Quran provides support to feeble Traditions, purifies those that contain some element of error and clarifies their intent with clear and categorical argu- ments. The Quran is indeed the embodiment of certainty and it brings comfort to the hearts. It is the most powerful in expression and most expansive in its breadth and scope. Those who turn away from it and attach themselves to anything else transgress the bounds of faith and honesty, like the arrow that arrogantly leaves the bow. Whoever abandons the Quran and looks down upon it and instead follows the Traditions, for whose veracity he has no clear proof, such a one surely goes astray. He shall soon be over- come by the blazing fire of regret and Allah will show him that he was in manifest error. In summary, true peace and security rests in following the