True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 92
[ 92 ] claim without overt or covert support. Musailamah, whose name is often cited by them [White Paper], also had a nation in his support. What happened to him is exactly what happens to all false claimants. They started with splendor and with a strong supporting group. It has never happened that a false claimant should be looked upon with a great hope, that he be very popular and should suddenly lose all his popularity because of his claim. No false claim- ant has initiated his claim with criticism and humiliation. Im a m Qayyim has analyzed the situation very closely and has aptly stated that they:. . . made their claims and displayed some pomp and glory in the beginning, but they could not achieve their objectives nor were they granted a long time period. The Prophets of Allah the Almighty and their followers annihilated them and rendered them totally helpless. This is the way of Allah from the beginning of times and it will so remain. ( Ibid. ) I trust that our opponents will pay heed to the words of Ibn-e-Qayyim. Ponder over the treatment that you meted out the Promised Messiah as and the way Allah the Almighty manifested His decree in his favour. Ibn-e-Qayyim states that the false claimants are not “granted a long time period. ” You are well aware that more than one hundred years have passed since the claim of the Promised Messiah as. Despite vigorous opposition his community is