The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 159
THE MIRACLE OF AHMAD عَلَى مِثْلِهَا لَمْ نَطَّلِعْ فِي مُكَلَّمٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ عِيسَى أَوْ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ آخَرُ One cannot find a precedent for such hardships, Among any other Messengers, be it Īsā [Jesus] or someone else. فَفَكِّرْ أَهْذَا كُلُّهُ كَانَ بَاطِلًا وَمَا كَانَ شِرْكُ النَّاسِ شَيْئًا يُغَيَّرُ So, reflect whether or not all this happened with a purpose, And whether Shirk was not something which should have been replaced [by the Oneness of God]. أَلَا لَائِمِي عَارَ النِّسَاءِ أَبَا الْوَفَا إِلَامَ كَفِتْيَانِ الْوَغَى تَتَنَمَّرُ O Sanaullah, you who even shames women by his behaviour! How long will you keep deceiving others by acting like soldiers on a battlefield? أَرَدْتُ الْهَوَى مِنْ بَعْدِ سِتِّينَ حِجَّةً؟ وَذَلِكَ رَأْي لَا يَرَاهُ الْمُفَكِّرُ Did I give in to avarice after I was sixty years of age? No sane person would have such an opinion about me. وَإِنْ خِلْتَهَا تُخْفَى عَلَى النَّاسِ تُظْهَرُ أَرَيْنَاكَ آيَاتٍ فَلَا عُذْرَ بَعْدَهَا I will show you a number of Signs, after which you will have no excuse against me; And, if you think that this matter will remain hidden, I assure you it will not. وَمَنْ لَّا يُوَفِّرْ صَادِقًا لَّا يُوَقِّرُ أَرَدْتَ بِمُدِّ ذِلَّتِي فَرَأَيْتَهَا You wanted to see me disgraced at Mudh; however, you your- self were disgraced; He who seeks to humiliate a truthful person shall himself be humiliated. 159