Reply to a Mockery — Page 60
60 So Maulaw i Sahib! You should consider your own position in the light of the above Quranic teachings before you mock and deride the devotees of Allah those who first acquired the rank of Mary and then of Jesus. House of Allah Hadrat Mirza Sahib writes: In revelations [vouchsafed to me] Allah has named me the ‘House of Allah’. Maulaw i Sahib objects that, along with other holy names and vir- tues, Hadrat Mirza Sahib has claimed to be the ‘House of Allah’. We have the following Hadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as : ْ َاء ِ مِن ي ِ ِ ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص قَال َ اِن َّ مَثَلِی ْ و َ مَثَل َ الَْنْب هللا َ ُ عَنْہ ُ اَن َّ رَسُوْل هللا َ ْرَۃ َ رَضِی ي َ ُر ه ْ ُ عَن ْ اَبِی َۃ ٍ فَجَعَل َ النَّاس ي ِ َمَثَل ِ رَجُل ٍ بَنَی بَیْتًافَاَحْسَنَہ ُ و َ اَجْمَلَہ ُ اِل َّ مَوْضِع َ لَبِنَۃ ٍ مِن ْ زَاو ک ْ ُ قَبْلِی ٰذِہ ِ اللَّبِنَۃ ُ قَال َ فَاَنَا اللَّبِنَۃ ُ و َ اَنَا خَاتَم ه ْ َل َّ وُضِعَت ه َ َقُوْلُوْن ي َ َعْجَبُوْن َ لَہ ُ و ي َ َطُوْفُوْن َ بِہ ِ و ي ْنَ. ي ِّ ي النَّبِ Hadrat Abu Hurairah ra narrates that the Holy Prophet s as said: ‘I and the Prophets before me can be likened to a man who built a beautiful palace, decorated and furnished it with great care, but in a corner left space for one brick. People would come to the palace and, looking at the cor- ner, wonder why the final brick had been omitted. ’ The