Siraj-ul-Absar (English) - Khalifatullah Mehdi (AHS)

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said that such-and-such a thing has happened in so and so city, even though
what has happened is in a part of the city [and not in the whole city]. [The
speech of the author of Madarik ends here.]
And the following passage in praise of the attributes of Prophet SLM , from the book,
Sharah-e-Aqaid, supports the writing of the author of the Madarik. It is as under:
[Prophet Muhammad SLM ] made perfect a number of people in the excellences
of knowledge and deeds and he illuminated the world with the Faith [iman]
and righteous deeds.
Hence, see! O Just Man! The Sharah-e-Aqaid author’s words ‘illuminated the world’
are like the saying ‘yamla-al-arz’ [fill the earth]. This does not mean that the whole of
the world or a large part of the world will be illuminated. It means a part of the earth
will be illuminated.
If one were to count the number of the Muslims during the period of Prophet SLM , one
would find that the number of Muslims was not even one-tenth of a million of the
whole population of the earth, because at the time of the death of Prophet
Muhammad SLM the number of the Muslims was one lakh twenty four thousand
[124000], according to one narrative. Now, see how small in number Muslims were
when compared to the entire population of the world. In this kind of speech, the
reality [or the exact number] is not taken into consideration. But its purport is majaze-muta’araf
[outward appearance as is known].
And the majaz-e-muta’araf, in this case, is that the thing that was not manifest
becomes manifest; the thing that was not to be found becomes available.
This interpretation is supported by what Kirmani has said in respect of the saying of
Prophet SLM , ‘Allah will eradicate kufr [infidelity] on account of me.’ ‘Eradication of
infidelity’ means that it will be eradicated from the towns and cities of Arabia or that
the proof is dominant and the evidence is manifest.
The example of this is that it is said that the market is full of wheat. It means that
wheat is available in the market, it is visible and it is not hidden. The purport is not
that wheat is available in abundance in every nook and corner. And similarly, it is
not understood that wheat is available in a large quantity as compared to other food
grains. Similarly, here too the term ‘yamla-al-arz’ [world filled with] has come. And it
is difficult to comprehend the real meaning of the term because of the contentions
that we have presented earlier. And the majaz is both musta’mal and muta’araf [the
outward appearance is both known and in use]. Hence, we have to revert to the
majaz [outward appearance] and it is that justice and equity being found and being
manifest is in a part of the world.
All the arguments I have advanced in respect of this hadis are only one-tenth of the
arguments that I can advance in this respect. Hence, see the negligence of this Sheikh
[Muttaqi], who is the tormentor of the Saints of Allah and who has come out in the
field to wage a war against Allah. How negligent is he of the said meanings? And