Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 342
! ! 342 Following this advice , which was the prelude to my speech, I wish to tell you that this is a wonderful time to serve Islam. The maulv i s wiped away half of the body of Islam by alleging that women are deficient in understanding and are incapable of accomplishing anything. The maulv i s have inculcated such concepts among Muslims, which have made them believe that even the prophets are not free from the touch of Satan. Therefore , in one way or an other, they have defamed all prophets. However , the Promised Messiah as presented the true picture of Islam. M aulv i s have propagated the false notion that the Holy Qur’ān speaks of many such things which would be inappropriate to accept as true. If I beg i n tell ing you each one, you would be astonished. R emember, true Islam is that which the Promised Messiah as has presented , which is Ahmadiyyat. Thus , if at this time Ahmadiyyat is in danger, it means Islam is in danger. The Islam presented by the maulv i s is in no way acceptable. They present Islam ic teachings to non - Muslims in a negative manner. For example , they claim that if you come upon a non - Muslim traveler, it is permissible to steal his wealth or that it is lawful for you to take the wife of a non - Muslim without marrying her. Who would accept this version of Islam ? T hese scholars go on to assert that true Islam is Jihad , according to which it is permissible to kill a Hindu, Christian or Sikh and to take their assets. Hazrat Khalifa t - ul - Masih I ra related that once he went to Amritsar [a city in India] and gave a man four aaney [coins] to purchase some sweets. When t he man came back with the sweets , he also handed him [Hazrat Khalifat - ul - Masih I ra ] back the full amount of money. Upo n questioning him as to how he had returned with both the sweets and money in hand t he man replied that it was M al - e - Ghan i mat [spoils from the war]. H e had asked the shopkeeper to show him something from the backroom and when t he shopkeeper went to the back , he quickly picked up the eight aaney. Hazrat Khalifa t - ul - Masih ra s aid, “You have stolen the money. ” He defended himself by saying that the shopkeeper was a Hindu , not a Muslim. Thus , it is the Promised Messiah ’s as great favor upon us, that he presented us with the true teachings of Islam. If Islam was