The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 442
AT-TABLIGH- TO ELDERS OF INDIA, AFGHANISTAN, EGYPT & BEYOND 441 at the turn of the century and He Himself has taught me the knowl- edge of guidance. If you entertain doubts about my affair and believe that you are justified in my opposition and consider your nearness [to Allah] to be greater than that of mine, then I hereby stand in the battlefield against you to witness the signs of your truthfulness and to demonstrate my conclusive proof with utmost clarity. I call Allah as a Witness before you, who is the Creator of earth and heavens that you may not give me a respite for so much as the blink of an eye and strive with the best of your ability to vanquish me and pray to Allah for your victory. Now it would be disgrace upon you if you slacken, delay, or fail to confront me in a neutral field. Therefore, be all of you united against me and shoot your arrows from the same bow and then you will soon come to know who gets annihilated and whom Allah the Almighty protects and safeguards. If you accept me, Allah will bless you and will make you prosper, blessed, and protected. He will restore the older days [of glory] to you. You will live under the protection of Allah. Your Lord will turn towards you and forgive you and will be pleased with you and all evils will be warded off and removed from you. O my people! I am not a disbeliever as it is propagated and fab- ricated against me by the malicious ulema. I have neither forged any- thing against my Lord nor do I say anything to you from myself; surely he who forges a lie shall perish. I wholeheartedly believe that verily this world has an Eternal Creator who is One, Omnipotent, Generous, and has power over everything manifest and hidden. I also believe that verily Allah has angels near Him; each one of them has an appointed station; none of them descends or rises from his station. Their descent, as described in the Holy Quran, is not like human descent from above to below, nor is their ascent like human ascent from below to above. The reason is that human descent involves movement from one place to another with strenuous effort and exertion, but the angels do not suffer any weariness, exhaustion or change. So do not take their descent and ascent to be like that of others. Their descent and ascent is in the