The Heavenly Decree — Page 4
4 A sm a n i Fai s lah Islam. He has a deep desire for unduly labelling Muslims as kafirs, even if there exists not a single reason for doing so. His faithful acolyte, Muhammad H usain Bat a law i , who styles himself a Shaikh [a religious scholar and teacher], follows in his footsteps. In fact, the Shaikh excels his mentor in his passion for declarations of kufr [unbelief]. The creed of this teacher and his pupil seems to be that, even though they see ninety-nine clear proofs of faith in a person, and one proof [to the contrary] which they themselves fail to grasp because of their lack of understanding, they still find it appropriate to call such a person a kafir. I, too, have been subjected to such treatment by these gentlemen. Anyone who carefully reads my books Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyyah and Surmah Chashma-e- Ary ah , will clearly see the devotion with which I serve Islam and the passion with which I propagate the excellence of the Holy Prophet sa. In spite of all this, Mi yan Nadh i r H usain, and his acolyte Bat a law i , did not rest till they had declared me a kafir. [The state of] Mi yan Nadh i r H usain is particularly lamentable. In his old age, sitting on the very edge of the grave, he shows no fear for the hereafter and has completely abandoned honesty and fear of God to declare me a kafir. He has exposed a very ugly side of his nature when so close to his end. It should be the duty of every sensible, virtuous and God-fearing person from among the clergy to