The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 86
86 Essence of Islam-IV has been raised last of and my opponents have been named Christians, Jews and polytheists, as indicated in this verse of the Holy Qur'an: اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ : غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ 55 [Nuzül-ul-Masīḥ, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, p. 382, footnote] To deny me is not only my denial but is the denial of Allah and His Messengers for he who holds me to be a liar, first considers God to have lied-God for- bid. . . . Such a person will eventually have to reject the whole of the Qur'an from first to last. Reflect then how serious a thing it is to deny me. I do not say it on my own, but swear in the name of God that he who rejects me and denies me may not reject the Qur'an by word of mouth but he does so in effect and cuts himself off from God and the Holy Qur'an. [Malfūzāt, vol. 4, pp. 14-15] The Holy Prophet's Testimony through Visions In contrast to the impure souls who persist in calling me Kāfir, there are many more who have had visions in which they beheld the Holy Prophetsa and asked him regarding me. The Holy Prophetsa told them that I am truly from God and am truthful in my claim. 55 Guide us in the straight path-the path of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy blessings, those who have not incurred Thy displeasure, and those who have not gone astray. Al-Fatihah, 1:6-7 [Publisher]