The British Government and Jihad — Page 35
35 given to the Prophet Muhammad Mu s t af a (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and it means: one who by his very nature is rightly guided, is heir to all guidance, and is an embodiment of the reflection of God’s attribute H a d i [Guide]. God’s blessing and mercy have allowed me to inherit both these names in this era, and both these titles have been joined together in my person. In line with these meanings, I am both Jesus the Messiah and Muhammad Mahdi. In Islamic termi- nology, this type of advent is called a “ bur u z ” [re-advent, or spiritual reappearance]. I have been granted two kinds of bur u z : one is the bur u z of Jesus as , and the other is the bur u z of Muhammad sa. In short, by way of bur u z , my being is a blended compound of the personalities of both these Prophets. In the capacity of Jesus as the Messiah, I have been assigned the duty of stopping the Muslims from vicious attacks and bloodshed. It has been clearly mentioned in the a h a d i th of the Holy Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that the Messiah would end religious wars when he returns to the world. This is what is happening. My followers—who dwell in different parts of British India—now number close to thirty thousand or a little more 17. Each person who takes the bai‘at [pledge of allegiance] at my hand and believes in me as the Promised Messiah must accept that jihad is totally forbidden in this age because the Messiah has come. In particular, he must be loyal—truly and not hypocritically—to the British 17. The number of people who are especially endowed with knowledge and understanding is about ten thousand. But all types of people, including the unlearned, are at least thirty thousand, and possibly more. [Author]