1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

They: Yes, we know.
Ra.: Do you know of any offspring which is not like its
father?
They: Every child is like its father. [A young sheep is like a
sheep].
Ra.: Don’t you know that our Allah creates, grows and feeds
everything? But Hadrat Îsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’ did not use to do any
of these.
They: Yes. He did not do so.
Ra.: Our Allah created Hadrat Îsâ as He wished, didn’t He?
They: Yes, He did.
Ra.: Our Allah does not eat, drink or change; do you know
this, too?
They: Yes, we do.
Ra.: Hadrat Îsâ had a mother. He was born like any child.
He used to eat, drink and get rid of harmful substances. You
know this too, don’t you?
They: Yes, we do.
Ra.: Then, how can Hadrat Îsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’ be as you
suppose him to be?
They said nothing. They kept silent. After a while:
They: O Muhammad! Don’t you say that he is the word of
Allah, and a soul from Him?
“Yes,” said Rasûlullah.
Then, “This is enough for us,” they said obstinately.
Upon this, Allahu ta’âlâ ordered him to invite them to
mubâhala [1] . So Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ said to
them, “Well, if you don’t believe me, let us do mubâhala. That
is, let us say, ’May Allahu ta’âlâ curse the one among us who is
lying.” This command of Allah’s is communicated in the sixtyfirst
âyat of Sûrat-u Âl-i ’Imrân. Sherhabîl, whom they called
sayyed, convened them and said, “Every behavior of his proves
that he is the Prophet. If we do mubâhala with him, neither we
nor our descendants will escape its result. We’ll certainly suffer
a great calamity!” They abstained from doing mubâhala and
[1] When two persons do not believe each other, they say, “May Allah curse
the one among us who is lying.” The one who is unjust will not accede
to doing so. This process is called mubâhala.
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