Reply to a Mockery — Page 88
88 ر ز ِس�ْ چ � �دای � حق� اول�ی� ا اافطل Meaning that: the auliy a ’ are the sons of God, in a sym- bolic manner. ( Kulliy a ti Mathnaw i Maul a n a Jal a l-ud- D i n Muhammad Balkh i R u m i , Daftar Siwom, p. 213, Intisharati Kit a bchi, Tehran, 1375 AH) But the one who possessed the greatest knowledge of the Divine was Hadrat Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He was the one who cared most for the Oneness of God. Alas, Maulaw i Sahib is so blind that he neither saw the above quoted Quranic verse, nor did he ever read the following words of the Holy Prophet s as : ِ عِيَالِه ی الل َِّ مَن ْ أَحْسَن َ إِلَ ی َ اَلْخَلْق ُ عِيَال ُ الل َِّ فَأَحَب ُّ الْخَلْق ِ إِل The creation of God is His family, i. e. His offspring. Whosoever is kind towards Allah’s family becomes most dear to Him. ( Mishk a tul-Ma sa b ih Kit a bul-Adab, Ch. ‘Ash-Shafqatu war-Ra h mah’, vol. 2, p. 217, Hadith 4998, D a rul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) Sadly, this is not even a matter of lack of insight. The Maulaw i Sahib’s deliberately discards and distorts the truth. So how does Hadrat Mirza Sahib interpret the revelation that is so mocked by Maulaw i Sahib and by which he accuses Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of claiming to be the son of God? Who can object to his own interpretation of the revelation, an