The British Interests in India and Their Real Guardians — Page 42
[ 42 ] In other words, he is saying: These people abuse me and call me a non-believer, an apostate, and by many other names. They say that shedding my blood is now lawful for them and so is the blood of my followers. To them our honour has no worth, nor does our property have any legitimacy, nor are our lives of any value. And yet O’ my Lord! I do not wish to pray against them because they claim to love my beloved Master, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. They may be liars, their character may be all corrupted, their faith may be all flawed, but O’ heart of mine! Excuse them because these people associate them- selves with the name of my beloved, my master, the object and focus of my love—Muhammad sa the Chosen One— and claim they love him. Therefore you are not to pray against them. How strange is it that this person—who had such a passionate love for Muslims—and his Jam a ‘at are being declared as traitors to Islam. The scholars [opposed to the Ahmad i s] present themselves as the self-proclaimed champions of Islam, as the ones who fight for Islam, as warriors of Islam and the well wishers of Islam. But what are the deeds they are going to present to God on the Day of Judgment? What are their accomplishments in defend- ing and promoting the honour of Islam that they will present before Allah the Almighty?