A Gift for Baghdad — Page 9
Announcement from As-Sayyid al-Baghdadi 9 Kam a l a til-Isl a m 1 [ The Mirrors of the Excellences of Islam ], in which he opposed the Quran and debased the Shariah of the foremost son of Adnan [i. e. Muhammad s as ],2 in addition to the false fables which he has already men- tioned in previous books. All this is intolerable except for one whose vision Allah has obliterated and upon whose insight Allah has set a seal. The strangest thing is that in the country of India, gen- erally, and in the princely state of Hyderabad, particularly, there are outstanding and noble scholars who cannot be enumerated, but despite their being knowledgeable and informed about the nonsense of this misleading, errant, and idiotic imposter—who should not be chastened in this world except with a sharp sword or in the next with fire—I have not found anyone who has rolled up his sleeves with a firm resolve [to confront him], pulled out his sword [against him] in the battlefield of truth, struck him with the sabre of his determination and clear speech, pierced him with the sharp point of his pen and elo- quence, rebutted his claims, and stopped his evil actions, in order to save the believers, the servants of Allah, from the wickedness of his dissensions and to help the religion and the Shariah of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Alas and woe to the peo- ple whose only concern is filling their stomachs! Verily, we belong to Allah and to Him shall be the return. 1. Initial title of the book A ’ina-e-Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m [ The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam ]. [Publisher] 2. Adnan is the ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, and Central Arabia. [Publisher] [ Announcement from As-Sayyid al-Baghd a d i ]