The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 436
AT-TABLIGH- TO ELDERS OF INDIA, AFGHANISTAN, EGYPT & BEYOND 435 on whom He wills and humiliates whom He wills and chooses for Himself whom He wills. He is not questioned about that which He does and they will be called to account. Say: All praise belongs to Allah Who has removed from me all mat- ter of grief and has bestowed upon me that which He has not bestowed upon anyone in the world. They have said: "This is a book full of disbelief and falsehood. Say: Come, let us call our sons and you call your sons, and we call our women and you call your women, and we call our people and you call your people and then let us pray fervently and call down the curse of Allah on the liars and call My servants to the truth and give them good tidings of the days of (the manifestation of the Glory of) Allah and call them to the clear book. Those who enter into a covenant with you enter into a covenant [not with you, but] with Allah. Allah's hand is above their hands. Allah will be with them wherever they might be, if they are faithful to their cove- nant. Say: If you love Allah, then come and follow me, so that Allah may also love you and will furnish you with [His special] light and will bestow upon you a distinction and will include you among those who are helped. Allah is with those who are righteous and Allah is with those who do good]. This is what my Lord has revealed to me at this time and before. He bestows His bounties upon those whom He wills and He is the Best Bestower. Verily, there are some of His close servants who are granted the title of 'Prophets' in the heavens because they resemble them in their essence and nature and because they acquire light from their lights and they have been shaped on [the basis of] their nature. Therefore, Allah makes them (their) inheritors and addresses them by the names of those whom they inherit from. He acts in this manner and He is the One who acts in the best manner. Souls have such affinities with one another and their profound