Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 206
KHILAFAT Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 206 mischief was detested by my mother, grandmother and sisters. I believe sincerely in: There is no god besides Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. I perform the S al a t , observe the fast, pay the Zakat, have twice performed the pilgrimage, have taught the Holy Quran to thousands and urged them to carry out its commandments. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. The number of my disciples runs into hundreds of thousands; among them are Quraish i s , Mughals, Pathans, Shaikhs. I do not instruct any of them in mischief. The members of our community eschew mischief; they suffer loss but keep out of mischief. Not all are alike; but in comparison with others they conform better to the commandments relating to S al a t , Zakat and fasting. When the people of Bhera took to molesting me in the mosque, I began to perform my S al a t at home, in order to avoid mischief in the mosque. I always keep in mind: Who can be guilty of a greater wrong than one who forbids Allah’s name being glorified in His mosques (2:115)? The members of our community did not go into the mosque for any unlawful purpose; but they were constantly beaten up and were charged falsely with theft. We kept urging them to continue steadfast. When persecution became unendurable we decided to have our own mosque and announced that no one would be forbidden to worship therein. You call this mischief. To Allah we belong, and to Him shall we return (2:157).