The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 349
348 Α'ΙΝΑ-Ε-ΚΑMĀLĀT-E-ISLAM-DAFI UL-WASĀWIS ['It occurred to me']. 12 I fear how all of this ends for you—let us wait and see how far things go. And the prophecy about the son is indeed true; it will certainly be fulfilled, and deniers like you will be disgraced by God Almighty. O enemy of truth! When the words of all the prophecies, taken together, mean that some of the sons will indeed die and one son will be blessed by God Almighty with perfect guidance, then your objec- tion becomes clear proof of your innately perverted mentality. You have portrayed yourself in the very image of the Jewish scholars—let us see what happens next. His Statement: From this, everyone can understand that someone with the audacity to lie about his fellow man cannot possibly hesitate from lying about God. My Statement: From these statements, it becomes proven that you are not free from the faults which your father had himself publicized about you. 3* Some of his letters about your nature and attributes are also likely in my possession bundled up somewhere. O good man, you should have proven, first, whether I have ever told a lie in the presence of such and such a person. Further, you should at least present some 1. This reference is to a dream of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsas in which he saw migration to a verdant city and it occurred to him that it was Yamamah or Hajar, but it turned out to be Madinah. [Publisher] 2. Şahih al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Manāqibul-Anşār, Bāb Hijratun-Nabīšas wa Aşḥābihi ilā al-Madīnah [Publisher] 3. *Note: You seem to have forgotten the favours that this humble one has done to you in asking your father not to expose your faults. You know well that I had never approved of the accusation concerning you which was true which your father wished to publish in the papers; I was always a supporter of con- cealing your faults as well as your goodness of nature, and had been pleading with your father on your behalf. But the recompense of my favour that you gave me is that whereas I shielded you from true charges, you, consistent with the requirements of the nature you are blessed, have accused me of falsehood. I am now convinced that your father was undoubtedly right. -Author