The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 503
502 Ā'ĪNA-E-KAMĀLĀT-E-ISLĀM―DĀFI UL-WASĀWIS cries of the weak ascended to the Divine Throne. Thus, the earth shook under the feet of the disbelievers, and the chosen ones held fast to the robe of Divine mercy in their intercession. When the supplications of the weak and the distressed accumulated in the presence of Almighty Allah, when they were coupled with the entreaties of the chosen ones, when all the difficult conditions arose from all around, and Almighty Allah found the possessions, lives, families, honour, treasures, beliefs, and actions of the Muslims in ruins, and finding that the calamity had reached its extreme, it was then that He looked towards the sinners with compassion and mercy. Thus, He took into account that for His people-His chosen servants—when they penitently seek forgiveness, they are forgiven; when they tearfully entreat His mercy, they are shown it; and when they cry for help, they are helped. When they fall prostrate at the time of such calamities, God rushes to rescue them and they are helped. When they come towards Him in repentance, then their contrition is accepted. Their supplications were granted, and their wailing was heard. Consequently, the wrath of Allah fell hard upon the Sikhs and He willed to destroy them while they were heedless. So, when the time of their destruction came, Allah made mutual enmity and hatred their lot, and as such, they set about killing each other, and thus they turned to killing their honourable people and shedding blood like beasts. Every one of them was bent on uprooting his brother and secretly desiring to kill his kin. They thought, 'If we killed them, we would cer- tainly replace them as rulers. ' So, they pulled out their swords against their ancestors, elders, brothers, and sons and the matter was settled in a few days. Allah made them taste of what they deemed lawful. They, in those days, split up and divided into sects; they began to create dis- order in the land and became highwaymen and began to pounce upon travellers like beasts. They became boastfully hubristic with regards to their moribund state; they possessed neither knowledge to be civilized, nor heart by which to learn; they had neither ears to listen, nor eyes to see; indeed, they were like beasts in the jungle.