The Reality of Khilafah — Page 71
Chapter Two—About the Mahdi 71 wretched, they do not benefit at all from Allah’s merciful rain but increase in transgression and injustice, and they are an unjust peo- ple. They do not sip from the water of Allah’s grace, do not wash with it or perform ablutions, nor do they irrigate their lands with it. They are indeed a deprived people. They do not see the truth because of their blindness. In this surely are signs for people who reflect. Another example of what the Creator sends are the nights of the lunar month. It is evident to every observer how very dark and gloomy these nights can be. They come after the moonlit nights and seem very foreboding. When the darkness reaches its climax, such that not a glimmer of light remains, Allah turns His attention to removing the heavy darkness and makes manifest the moon whose sight had been obscured. The crescent then starts to fill the fearful nights with security and brightness. This is precisely the Law of Allah in matters of religion. Alas for the people of discord, they acknowledge the imminent appearance of the crescent after the dark night and wait for it with eagerness, but when darkness has engulfed the Faith, they do not look for signs of the crescent, even if the night has turned pitch black. The truth is, and it is the truth I speak, that they are a foolish people. They have not been given the slightest share of intelligence and are bereft of wisdom. God’s perpetual law for the benefit of mankind testifies that He reveals the paths of salvation after calamities and tribulations. If it is the practice of the Lord of Majesty that He does not leave His weak servants in distress in the face of famines and droughts that might cause their physical bodies to perish, how then could He allow the destruction of His spiritual realm without which the souls could not survive and would be consigned to Hell forever?