The Conclusive Argument — Page 42
42 THE CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENT Verily, Allah the Almighty is with the righteous, and God, who endowed man with reason and intellect, is my Witness, that you have perpetrated an abomi- nable deed and left a bad name behind you. I already published an announcement before this in which I solemnly promised a prize for those who would respond to it, but not a single one of them came forward to answer it. They were speech- less like beasts and animals. Dumbfounded and stunned, their muscles were quivering incessantly with fear and they fell on their faces in shame. Do you know more than all those people, or are you insane? They were far cleverer in discourse than you; you are a mere novice by comparison. Ultimately, their end was humil- iation, disgrace, and the wrath of the Lord of the worlds. When Allah decides to humiliate a people, they begin to harbour enmity towards His Auliya' الله مع المتقين ووالله الذي أعطى الإنسان عقلا وفكرًا، لقد جئتَ شيئًا نُكْرًا، وأبقيت لك في المخزيات ذكرا - وقد كتبنا من قبل اشتهارًا، وواعدنا للمجيبين إنعاما، وأقررنا إقرارًا، فما قام أحد للجواب وسكتوا كالبهائم والدواب، وطارت نفوسهم شعاعًا، وأرعدت فرائصهم ارتياعًا، وأكبوا على وجوههم متندمين أفأنت أعلم منهم أو أنت من المجانين؟ إنهم كانوا أشدَّ كيدًا منك في الكلام، بل أنت لهم كالتلام، فكان آخر أمرهم خزي وخذلان وقهر رب العالمين وإن الله إذا أراد خزي قوم فيعادون أولياءه، ويؤذون