Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 47
47 They leave the religion [of Islam] in darkness, and support the Christian doctrine with their nonsense, and the errors and ignorance of their forefathers. They were commanded to follow the Arbiter that is to descend from heaven, and not to oppose him with arguments. They did not obey the command of Allah the Most Loving. Rather, when the Promised Messiah appeared among them, they disbelieved in him as if they were Jews. That Promise One has descended at the time of the dominance of the Cross, and when Islam had fully overturned. So, did the scholars follow this Messiah? No, on the contrary, they labelled him as a disbeliever and displayed hateful disbelief. They insisted on false- hoods and served the priests, so the priests seized them, cut their heads, and made them taste what the prisoner tastes, so they saw the unfortunate day. The foolish among the people will say that the British Government helped the priests and supported them with schemes like a steep mountain, in order to evangelise the Muslims, so what is the crime that scholars did? This is not the case, and the schol- ars are not excused. As the state did not support the priests with its wealth or with fighting soldiers and did not give them more freedom than the freedom given to you, in this case the doubters would have doubted. Rather, it spread a law that is equal between us and them, and it has a right over you if you were grateful. Do you want to do evil to a people who have done good to you while Allah does not like the ungrateful and unthankful? A part of their benevolence is that you live in security and safety, while you used to be snatched away in these countries before this state. But today, no fly, bug, or any of your neighbours can harm you, and your night is safer than the day you spent during the era of the previous people. And from the state, there are guardians over