An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 221
221 and he laid down ten fine conditions for a person who could write a strong rejoinder rejecting point by point malicious allegations leveled against the holy wives of the Holy Prophet sa. However, the Anjuman H im a yat-e-Isl a m, Lahore, prepared and sent a memorial on April 26, 1898, to the Government but the Promised Messiah as said that the step contemplated was not right. He inculcated patience and advised that a reasonable reply should be written. The Promised Messiah as refuted the stand of the Anjuman and pointed out that Ummah a tul Mu’min i n was not the only publication, which needed a reply. The A ryah Sam a jists and the Christian missionaries had been attacking Islam for the last 60 years. Therefore, it was necessary to make a joint effort to counter this mischievous propaganda. He suggested that one man should be elected and put in charge of the work. He should choose his own assistants. But care should be taken to elect a man who should be spiritually qualified and really competent to do the job well. Like Prophet Joseph, who offered to act as a treasurer in the days of the great famine, the Promised Messiah as offered his own service for this purpose if the people cared to avail themselves of it. At the end of the book, he also appealed to Muslims, both in Arabic and Persian, living outside India to assist him in this task. (Introduction to the book, by Hadrat Jal a l-ud-D i n Shams ra , p. 20)