Documents of the Right Word

that will be inflicted on Pharaoh to that which Muâwiya will suffer.
Then, it carries on its fabrications: “Hadrat Fakhr-i-’âlam would kiss
and smell his daughter Fâtima every day. His (blessed) wife Hadrat
Âisha would see this and become jealous. The expression, ‘Lâ ilâha
ill-Allah, Alî Rasûlullah,’ is written everywhere in Paradise. It is
permissible to perform namâz without ablution, yet in this case one
should not expect thawâb (reward in the Hereafter). Because the
unbelievers of Qoureish said angels were Allah’s daughters, an âyat
was revealed. It was stated in an âyat that Shiites, the only true group,
would increase in number in the course of time and the other groups
would gradually fade out. Because most âyats of Ahzâb sûra
divulged the evil and atrocious deeds of Qoureishi men and women,
some of them were excised from the Qur’ân and others were
changed. Abû Bekr, ’Umar and ’Uthmân continuously committed
indecencies, forbidden acts, heresy and sins.” The book tells long
imaginary stories about how Hadrat Âisha was taken prisoner by
Hadrat Alî in the Camel War and how she and seventy other captives
were sent to Medina, and curses Hadrat Âisha. Then it casts various
aspersions, slanders, curses on Hadrat Muâwiya, and goes on: “Allah
sold Paradise and Hell and also a jâriya to Hadrat Alî for four
hundred dirhams of silver. During the war between Hadrat Muâwiya
and Hadrat Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu anhumâ’, Hadrat Alî made a long
speech, in which he explained that Hadrat Muâwiya was accursed.
Sunnite Muslims wear woolen clothes in order to make a show of
piety. They have been accursed for this reason. It has been informed
through the Wahy that Sunnite Muslims are disbelievers and zindiqs.
Muhammad Ghazâlî and Ahmad Ghazâlî and Celâl-ed-dîn Rûmî
and Muhyiddîn-i-Arabî were accursed disbelievers.” The book
showers curses and swearings on the three Khalîfas, asserts that
Hasan Basrî, Mansûr-i-Dawânikî, Me’mûn and Hârûn-ur-reshîd
were accursed, and adds, “Hallâj-i-Mensûr and Abû Ja’fer
Shalghamânî and scholars of Ahl as-sunna ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ
alaihim ajma’în’ are all disbelievers and zindiqs.”
When the Jewish lies so far disclosed are read, it will be realized
that the book Ayn-ul-hayât is a compilation of ridiculous
statements and blasphemous stories of obscure origin. These
things cannot have been written by a religious man. Especially, the
allegations that Allâhu ta’âlâ sold Paradise to Hadrat Alî, that he
will send anyone he likes to Paradise and those he hates to Hell,
that worldly affairs are controlled by the twelve Imâms, mean to
deny (Allah’s) Attribute of Will, which in turn indicates the
gravest kind of polytheism. Hadrat Abû Bekr’s refusing to give the
date orchard called Fedek to Hadrat Fâtima is told with such
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