Playing God

"All rights of this book are reserved for the publisher and the author. This copy is for reading purpose only. This copy cannot be uploaded on any website except those of the publisher and the author." Playing God: Misreading a Divine Practice 40 those who deliberately deny the truth is an established practice of Allah. As a Divine scheme, it descended first upon the Idolaters and the People of the Book of Arabia and then to certain other nations outside it. Consequently, it is absolutely certain that fighting those who have deliberately rejected the truth and forcing the vanquished to lead a life of subjugation by imposing jizyah on them is no longer allowed. In other words, the mere happening of shah ā dah by the Almighty th roug h Prophet Muhammad (sws) in Arabia was eno ugh to c onclusively convey the truth to the rulers of neighbouring countries to whom the Prophet (sws) wrote these letters. Any evasion on their part was tantamount to a deliberate denial of the truth. As a result, they had to face the wrath of God in the form of attacks launched by the Compan ion s (rta) after the departure of the Prophet (sws). The commo n masses of these countries were also observers of the divine judgement which took place in Arabia, and hence to them also the truth was conclusively conveyed. If they had any doubt in this matter, it stood removed when they observed their respective rulers being toppled by the Muslim armies. Moreover, any individual inquiry from them about the truth would of course have been treated in the same manner as it was in the case of Idolaters of Arabia. 22 22. The words of the Qur’ ā n, as quoted earlier, are: 1 R- _ @ +L N X ŠB/! W o 9"< †7 W jX fB1 F? e @ www.javedahmadgh midi.com www.al-mawrid.org