The British Government and Jihad — Page 10
10 The same point is also indicated in the verse of the Holy Qur’ a n: 4 That is to say, fight until the advent of the Promised Messiah. This is the meaning of: 5 S a hih al-Bukh a r i is considered the most authentic book after the Holy Qur’ a n and it is available. Read it carefully. O Muslim scholars and maulav i s! Listen to me. I tell you truly that this is not the time for jihad. Do not disobey God’s Holy Prophet sa. The awaited Messiah has arrived and orders you to abstain from religious wars involving armed combat, killing and bloodshed. Not refraining even now from spilling blood and giving such sermons is therefore not the way of Islam. The person who accepts me will not merely stop preaching in this way; rather, he will recognise the evil of this path and come to know that it invites God’s anger. At this point I must with great regret say that although igno- rant maulav i s have instructed the ordinary public in plunder and killing by calling these actions jihad, Christian clerics have also done something similar. They have, in Urdu, Pashto and other languages, produced thousands of publications, journals and flyers alleging that Islam was spread by the sword. This 4. …Until the war lays down its burdens… (Mu h ammad, 47:5) [Translator] 5. Ibid. , [Translator]. . . . . . . . . . . .