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1900 501 and are successful. You are honoured in this world and in the hereafter and you are one of those who are close to God. I am your indispensible support. I have revived you. I have breathed into you the spirit of truth from Myself and have poured My love on you. You have been brought up under My care. Allah praises you and walks towards you. He created A dam, that is, yourself and honoured him. He is the Messenger of Allah in the mantles of the Prophets. He who has been rejected from his ma t ba ‘ 527 has no place of resort left. Keep in mind the time in future when he who has proclaimed you a disbeliever will devise a stratagem against you and will say to one possessing great influence: ‘O H a m a n, light the fire of mischief for me so that I might discover the God of this man, though I consider him a liar. ’ Ruined are the two hands of Ab u Lahab [the father of flames] and ruined is he (that is, he who wrote the edict, and the one who dictated it). It did not behove him to enter into this matter except in fear 528 …. Whatever pain will afflict you in consequence of this edict of apostasy is from Allah. It will be a trial, then be 527 Ma t ba‘ literally refers to the place where things are printed or stamped. His ma t ba‘ , in this revelation, seems to mean that, in this age, he who does not receive the stamp of the approval of faith from the Promised Messiah as has no resort left. Allah knows best. [Munawar Ahmed Saeed] 528 The revelation: ‘It did not behove him to enter into this matter except in fear’ indicates that if one does not comprehend something stated by a reformer, there is no harm in holding a discussion with due respect, good intention and purity of heart. But the matter should not reach the point of enmity and harshness, because that would result in loss of faith and the title of ‘Ab u Lahab’. [ D iy a ’ul- H aqq, pp. 33–34, R u h a n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 9, p. 294]