The Conclusive Argument — Page 8
8 THE CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENT the Book of Allah and its explicit | | يقولون إن لفظ التوقي ما وُضع arguments. They wander about like the one who follows his own ignorance, and they talk like mad men. لمعنى خاص بل عمت معانيه وما أحكمت مبانيه، وكذلك التوفي They say that the word يكيدون كالمفترين وإذا قيل [at-tawaffi-cause to die] was not employed for any particular mean- ing; rather, it has general conno- tations with no solid foundations. Thus, they deceive like the impos- tors. And when they are informed that wherever this word occurs لهم إن هذا اللفظ ما جاء في القرآن كتاب الله الرحمن إلا للإماتة وقبض الأرواح throughout the Holy Quran - the Book of Allah the Gracious-it المرجوعة، لا لقبض الأجسام only means the causing of death and the seizing of souls which are bound to return [to Allah - not of physical bodies-how, then, do they insist upon meanings that are not supported by the Book of Allah or by statements from Khairul-Mursalin [the Best of Messengers], peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? In reply to this they say that they found their forefathers upon this belief and they will never forsake it. العنصرية، فكيف تصرّون على معنى ما ثبت من كتاب الله وبيان خير المرسلين صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ قالوا إنا ألفينا آباءنا على عقيدتنا ولسنا بتاركيها إلى أبد الآبدين