In the Qur’an, Allah (swa) testifies through innumerable
verses that He admits into His mercy whoever He will and place His message
wherever He wish. Against this clear verdict and declaration of Allah (twa),
the ruling elites invariably act with
arrogance, contempt and ridicule at the advent of humble servants of Allah. When one reads the Holy Quran with
attention and read the history of ancient prophets, one is drawn to conclude that
there has always been an opposition against the men of God. They have been
insulted, oppressed, persecuted and slandered. Their enemies hatched many plots
to humiliate them and to stop their activities. But all the enemies' plans fail
in the end, with the prophets being able to establish the Divine Message
against all odds. This is a formal promise from Allah: “Allah has decreed: Most Surely I will prevail I and My Messengers.
Verily Allah is Powerful and Mighty.” (58: 22)
The Qur’an has preserved this recurring theme of history as
a template of warning for Muslims against the arrogance of rejection of Divine
Reformers. Yet, as it is mostly the case, like the Qur’an says, the true
significance of the message being descended on the Divine servant among them
eludes most people and they end up being among the group known for hatching
plots and whispering calumnies against the Divine servant. They do their worst
to extinguish the Light of Allah, through their mouths and by injecting hatred
for the Divine servant, on the minds of common people.
Consider
the experience of the present Divine Manifestation in Mauritius. Had it not been for the fact that he is a recipient of
Divine revelations and has been Divinely-entrusted with a mission of preaching
Islam to one and all, the life and experiences of the Khalifatullah Hadhrat
Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius would have been the like of his
fellow countrymen, the joys and sorrows of a life lived in the present. But,
time and history has other plans for him. Hence, in the last decade and beyond,
ever since the advent of revelations, one could see that slanderous insults had
been and continues to be, leveled against Hadhrat Sahib (atba). The storm of
opposition that had broken out against the Divine Manifestation in Mauritius is
truly astounding. At another level, as this Divine servant once noted, “If I
had not been insulted, if there were no opposition against me, you could have
doubted my claims because Allah says in the Holy Qur’an: “Alas for My servants! There comes not a Messenger to them; but they
mock at him” (36:31).