What Do Atheists’ Taunts About Empty Mosques During the Coronavirus Pandemic Mean?

The atheists and those acting in bad faith should not rejoice, for their joy will soon turn into anguished cries. The present age is a renaissance of irreligion across the globe. Wait a little, and the truth of this claim will become clear. Almighty God guards His religion and will awaken the heedless from their slumber. Even if the atheists are the Abraha of our time, they will be crushed by the stones of the birds of Ababil.

The atheists saw the mosques empty and broke into drunken laughter, unaware that they were quiet not because people feared catching a contagious disease, but to silence the barking dogs of our age. The atheists had found an excuse to beat the drum of their accusations, blame the faithful for the disease, and portray their great gatherings as centres of contagion.

In times of hardship, true believers feel an ever greater longing for mosques, gatherings of remembrance, and the holy shrines. Mosques and shrines are places of refuge for the faithful. Had it not been prudent to silence the atheists’ foolish chatter, the world would have witnessed believers flocking to mosques and shrines in greater numbers than ever.

The atheists should not mistake hypocrites who merely pose as believers for the true faithful. The present moment has been a precious opportunity for these pretenders to expose themselves and reveal their true nature.

In this recent period and at the present time, people are being sifted in the finest possible way. Soon, exceptional and pure souls will take the stage, displaying the freshness, beauty and vitality of faith.

The hearts of the faithful are always present in mosques and shrines. For a few days, prudence has kept their bodies away, so that the rabid dogs can complete their mission. The believers’ hearts are with God, and their spirits have embraced the holy shrines. These are the very believers who give their lives to defend the mosque and the sanctuary. They do not fear death; their lives are devoted to religion, the Qur’an, the Prophet’s family, the mosque and the prayer niche. Wait a little, and this truth will appear in all its splendour.

The scavengers and vultures, always waiting for an opportunity to strike at the religious community, intended to blame the spread of the coronavirus on religious gatherings. For the sake of prudence, the faithful resolved, against their deepest wishes, to deprive the atheists of this devilish opportunity. This was an attack the faithful had not anticipated. Now a powerful defence against such attacks is being built, and in the future the atheists will find such attacks thwarted.

Now that the faithful are not insisting on attending these holy gatherings, this is a form of gracious patience. Satan has been busy flinging mud in a swamp of filth, but will soon run out of breath. Every pretext will be swept away, and it will be proved that mosques and shrines are places of divine healing and remedy.

The faithful will soon change these circumstances and show that, even in the most dangerous moments, mosques and holy shrines are the safest places.

The shrines have been cleansed with pure rosewater from time immemorial to this day; this is a long-standing custom, observed since the shrines were founded. Some may try amid this turmoil to change the way the issue is framed. We believers hold that the holy shrines are places where devils, microbes, viruses, pain and disease are vanquished. This is so, even though the behaviour of some officials—with their plans and ill-considered actions—has emboldened the atheists in their attacks on the faithful.

The faithful are the purest and cleanest members of human society; they have no need to disinfect themselves. They are in a state of ritual purity at all times. If they wish to rid themselves of microbes and viruses, they do not turn to alcohol; they have the safest and healthiest methods of disinfection.

Before long, everyone will see how passionately people across the world hasten towards the Qur’an and the Prophet’s family. Let the atheists drink up their last moment of joy, with all their taunts and foolish talk, for their days are rapidly drawing to a close.

In the near future, we will witness the destruction of every foundation of unbelief and atheism.

Vindictive, hypocritical infiltrators, seeking to exploit the situation to fulfil their wicked aims, have secretly set about isolating the faithful from religious gatherings, mosques and shrines while posing as one of their own. At the command of Lady Ruqayya, they will be exposed, humiliated and disgraced, and their hypocrisy will come back to stain them.