Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 151
POSTSCRIPT-RESPONSE TO SOME CRITICS' OBJECTIONS 151 and the Last Day has strayed far away from the truth; that is to say, remained deprived of salvation. 5. Allah the Exalted says: وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللهُ وَ رَسُولُ اَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَنْ ')Part Number 22, Sūrah al-Ahzab - يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَلًا مُّبِينًا (Translation): It is not permissible for a believing man or a believ- ing woman to have the right, when God and His Messenger issue a command, to reject that command. Whoever disobeys God and His Messenger has strayed far from God, the True; namely, remained deprived of salvation, for salvation is for those who are the people of God, the True. 6. Allah the Exalted says: وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَةً يُدْخِلُهُ نَارًا خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَلَهُ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ - 2(Part Number 4, Sūrah an-Nisa') (Translation): Whoso disobeys Allah and His Messenger and trans- gresses His limits, God shall make him enter Hell; he shall abide in Hell forever, and a humiliating punishment shall descend upon him. Now-consider!—what can be a greater warning with regard to severing one's ties with the Messenger than the God of Honour and Glory declaring that whosoever disobeys the Messenger is promised eternal Hell? Yet Miyāń Abdul-Hakim says: ‘One who rejects and diso- beys the Holy Prophet, if he be established upon Tauhid, shall, without doubt, go to Paradise. I know not what kind of Tauhid has permeated his being that can lead to Paradise despite disobeying and opposing 1. Sūrah al-Ahzab, 33:37 [Publisher] 2. Surah an-Nisa', 4:15 [Publisher]