The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #21 August 2014 | Page 60

"And the Day the wrongdoer will
bite on his hands [in regret] he
will say, ‘Oh, I wish I had taken
with the Messenger a way.’ ” –
Quran 25:27
"Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not
taken that one as a friend." Quran 25:28
Thus, the branch of the Tree of
the Prophet (s.a.w) which he left
among his nation, lost its flower
and its branches became
scattered, as did the Muslims and
their plight became similar to
that of the nation of Moses (a.s)
a rebellious people, and the
'drought' of the ignorant dried up
the bounties they received from
their Lord and fell into
oppression overpowered by
tyranny , the likes of Pharaoh
(l.a) and the earlier children of
Israel who went astray, and so it
has remained an era of difficulty
and trials, because the believers
refused to take a stand against
the enemy of the Prophets house
(a.s) and allowed the rights of the
Prophets family (a.s) to be seized
from them, accepting appointed
leaders by the people instead of
the representatives of Allah (swt)

on earth to govern them, a
transgression against the
command of Allah (swt).
And for their transgressions and
disobedience they were tested
with trials of deprivation and
diaspora, exiled from Allah's
(swt) preferred treatment toward
them, seeking refuge throughout
their lands controlled by western
influenced juggernauts and
pillagers!
And as the people of Moses (a.s)
so did the Muslims entered the
Labyrinth, that they may turn
back to their Lord most High, as
the children of Isreal were
condemned to this trial for their
disobedience before them. This
being because the people did not
adhere to the rightful messengers
and they went back to
heedlessness and corruption their
grand Viziers, clergy and muftis
the most corrupt from among
them, the worst of Allah's (swt)
creations, they did not and still
no not oppose wrong doing or
question the authority and
rulings of fallible men and those
to the call to sovereignty of the
people vs the Sovereignty of