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526 blessings on you. We shall suffice you against those who mock you. They say: ‘This is a lie which he has fabricated; we have heard nothing like it from our ancestors. ’ These ignorant ones do not realize that it is not hard for Allah to grant this station to someone. We have honoured some people above others. This status has been granted by the mercy of your Lord so that it should be a Sign for people. But these people have rejected the Signs of God unjustly and arrogantly while their hearts accept them. Tell them: I have with me a special testimony from Allah; do you believe it not? Tell them again: I have with me a special testimony from Allah; do you submit or not. When they see a Sign, they say: ‘This is just an ordinary thing; it has happened so since eternity. ’ [ And if they see a Sign, they turn away and say, ‘A passing feat of magic. ’] 548. . . Allah has decreed since eternity: I and My messengers will surely prevail—meaning that no matter how severe the opposition, people raised by God would never be vanquished. Allah is Supreme over His decree, but most people know it not. He it is Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He might make it supreme over all religions. There is no changing the words of Allah. Those who have believed and have not adulterated their faith with any injustice are the ones who will be 548 Note by Munawar Ahmed Saeed: The Promised Messiah as has added a detailed account of how his opponents have paid no heed to the divine Signs of solar and lunar eclipses. For details see Arba'in , number 3, pages 26–27, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , volume 17, page 415; Appendix Tu h fah-e-Golarhviyyah , pages 17–18, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , volume 17, pages 63–64.