Selected Arabic Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 246
246 worship. I bear witness that there is no God but Allah. He is One and without partner. Muhammad s as is His Servant and Messenger. We acknowledge that which he brought and disbelieve in that which he rejected, and we strive against it. Verily, Allah, the Exalted, sent Muhammad s as to His creation with the Truth and as a bearer of glad tidings and as a warner, like a bright lamp calling people to Allah with His author- ity, that he may warn everyone alive, and that the Word may prove true against the disbelievers. Allah guides with the truth whoever turns to Him, and the Messenger of Allah s as confronted whoever turned his back to Him until he came to Islam willingly or reluctantly. Then the Messenger of Allah s as passed away after having completed teaching the command- ments of Allah, counselling his Ummah, and fulfilling the obligation that had been upon him. In the revealed Book, Allah had made this clear both to him and to the people of Islam, that: 1 َكَّنِا ٌتِّيَم َّو ْمُهَّنِا َنْوُتِّيَّم۰۰ َكَّنِا ٌتِّيَم َّو ْمُهَّنِا َنْوُتِّيَّم۰۰ And that: 2 َو اَم اَنْلَعَج ٍرَشَبِل ْنِّم َكِلْبَق َدْلُخْلا١ؕ ْنِٕىۡاَفَا َّتِّم ُمُهَف َنْوُدِلٰخْلا۰۰ َو اَم اَنْلَعَج ٍرَشَبِل ْنِّم َكِلْبَق َدْلُخْلا١ؕ ْنِٕىۡاَفَا َّتِّم ُمُهَف َنْوُدِلٰخْلا۰۰ And to the believers He said: 1. Surely, you will die, and surely they too will die ( S u rah az-Zumar, 39:31). [Publisher] 2. We granted not everlasting life to any human being before you. If then you should die, shall they live here forever? ( S u rah al-Anbiy a ’, 21:35) [Publisher]