The Mahdi Times October 2011 | Page 34

State of the occupier and idols, and to consolidate their sovereignty by paying a tribute to the Roman Caesar. Hence, they became idol worshipers and not monotheists worshiping Allah, although they pretended they were. Even more, they also followed their scholars when the latter's violated the law of the prophets and guardians, thus worshiping errant scholars instead of Allah, the Glorified and Exalted. Indeed, errant scholars place their opinions as a counterpart to the legislation of Allah, and call upon people to follow them, making them believe that by obeying them they would be obeying Allah, whereas in this case, they would be obeying Satan, may Allah curse and abase him. Therefore, Isa (AS) set off teaching and showing people the divine truths, calling upon them, once to devote themselves to worshiping Allah the Almighty, and once to disbelieve and fight idols, and destroy the economic, military, and media pillars of their State. Isa (AS) called upon people to revolt against the scholars of the Children of Israel who gave themselves the authority to legislate as counterparts to Allah the Almighty, and called people to obey them and follow their footsteps. Thus, they mislead people as they were errant themselves, for they made themselves lords to be worshiped in the stead of Allah Almighty. 3. Justice and Mercy If devoid of justice and mercy life becomes obscure, with only tyranny, injustice, harshness, pain, and idols without mercy and justice. It is injustice, severity and harshness that keep Pharaoh, Nimrod, Caesar and their likes in power and allow them to take the reins of the satanic leadership so they may lead their supporters and those who follow in their footsteps, deep into the abyss of Hell. Whoever expects a tyrant to show some justice and mercy, is no different than he who wishes to smell a beautiful scent from a carcass. The powerful weapon within the reach of the prophets (AS) was justice and mercy. Thus, Isa (AS) set about promulgating and calling for justice and mercy within the society; the justice that the scholars of the Children of Israel dismissed when they kept alms to themselves and passed legislation's according to their silly whims and allegations; and the mercy that people never knew while worshiping of the idols. The mercy of Isa (AS) encompassed even tax collectors who worked directly for Caesar; Isa (AS) tried to save and deliver them from the dark and obscure end which would await them if they were to follow in Caesar’s footsteps. 10 Points on the Supremacy of the Choice of Allah (swt) by Mufeed Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem 1. Complete knowledge leads to the right to choose: The knowledge of God (swt) is complete. The knowledge of people is incomplete. [16.74] Therefore do not give likenesses to Allah; surely Allah knows and you do not know. Thus, our choice is never equal to the choice of the complete Perfection that is God. 2. If one dislikes the choice of God, then bring someone better than the one He has chosen, It is not Possible: God is the author of the Quran, the most complete Book. If a person disputes the contents of the Quran he or she is quite sensibly asked to “bring a Quran better than this one.” Failing that (obviously) forces the disputer to accept the supremacy of God’s choice of Book. Similarly, failure to bring forth a man equal to or better than Imam e Zamana (ajf) proves that there is no substitute for him as a leader, and the choice of God reigns supreme as opposed to the choice of the people. 3. Only the One who Creates is allowed to Choose:  The Furqan that is the Quran has stated point blank: blame lies on him who grasps the rights which do not belong to him.”  The Quran clearly says that choice is the prerogative of He who creates. To say that choosing one’s leader is a task for the people is equal to saying creation is also a function of the people. That is tantamount to Shirk. The same applies for Imam e Zamana (ajf), who only went into Ghaibat (Occultation) to prevent the Enemies of God from slaying him. God planned for him to go into Occultation and to emerge when conditions are right. But today we are still immersed in the Saqifa that rejected his great grandfather, Imam A H K