Documents of the Right Word

convert of Yemen who was contemporary with hadrat ’Uthmân.
The slanders were directed towards the As-hâb-i-kirâm
‘ridwânullâhi ta’âlâ alaihim ajma’în’. The purposeful allegations,
which were like venomous daggers thrust into Muslims’ hearts,
were by far more of destructive, deleterious and condemnatory
propagandas than of mere statements of thoughts. They were
bare criminal activities. They were reminiscent of the story of “a
wolf in sheep’s clothing.” They were intended to mislead young
people who would, so to speak, read and believe them to be true
and thus brothers would be inimical towards one another. We
realized how right our friends and acquaintances had been in
trying to persuade us. We knew that the tasks of awakening our
darling compatriots and separating right from wrong had been
awaiting us.
As for the book; it was printed on first quality paper, covered
with cloth binding, and it had a gilded and interesting title. It had
been printed in Istanbul in 1968. Its contents page was in no way
informative about the book. So we had to go through its pages. It
was a book of ’Ilm-i-hâl (book teaching about Islam, its tenets,
worships, etc.). And it went into some delicate matters, too. It was
a subject of curiosity as to how it was going to cover all those
matters. And all of a sudden the real subject came into our sight.
It was those old allegations of the Jewish convert contemporary
with hadrat ’Uthmân, and they were disguised in such a way that
few people could recognize them. They were staged insidiously.
Yâ Rabbî! What a grisly murder! They were like poison offered in
a sweet covering. They had been prepared elaborately with utmost
diligence. Yet the dose administered was considerably too much!
It seemed necessary to answer them. In fact, it was a religious
obligation. For a hadîth-i-sherîf, which is recorded in the first page
of the book Sawâ’iq-ul-muhriqa, states, “When fitna and fasâd
(mischief, instigation, tumult) become widespread, when Muslims
are misled, let those who know the truth tell it to others!
Otherwise, may the curse of Allâhu ta’âlâ, of angels, and of all
people be on them!”
Trusting ourselves to Allâhu ta’âlâ, we begin with the Autumn
magazine and answer the lies of its Hurûfî writer:
1- “As hadrat Muhammad fought against the likes of Abû
Sufyân (on the one hand) and against the irreligious Meccan
notables on the other hand, so hadrat Alî struggled against the
same types of irreligious people contemporary with him. As a
matter of fact, the unbelievers had been harbouring a grudge and
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