Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 62
62 small nations to overcome great ones; without them, even massive armies are of no avail. Muslims would have been better served had they utilized these resources instead of defaming Islam by giving a false connotation to Jihad and suffering loss and defeat at the same time. When it is realized that a group of people is waging a politi - cal war in the guise of religion, all nations gather against them, for they feel a threat against which even the most equitable and benign governments are not safe. A government belonging to another reli - gion is bound to feel that, no matter how well it treats its Muslim subjects, it cannot win the peace because their war is not against injustice or oppression but is due to religious differences. Therefore, we do not deny Jihad, but we do oppose the wrong interpretation of it that is so severely injuring Islam today. In our view, the progress of Muslims lies in the realisation that the greater Jihad 58 can only be carried out through the Holy Quran and not with the sword. If they can understand that differences in matters of religion do not justify attacking the life or property or honour of anyone, 59 then their minds and their outlooks will naturally undergo a transformation that will lead them towards the right path. By thus acting upon the following verse of the Holy Quran, they will fathom the correct principles that lead to progress and will abide by them: َو َسْيَل ُّرِبْلا ْنَاِب اوُتْاَت َتْوُيُبْلا ْنِم اَهِرْوُهُظ َو َّنِكٰل َّرِبْلا ِنَم ىٰقَّتا١ۚ َو اوُتْا َتْوُيُبْلا ْنِم اَهِباَوْبَا١۪ َو 60 اوُقَّتا َهّٰللا ْمُكَّلَعَل َنْوُحِلْفُت And it is not righteousness that you come into houses by the backs thereof; but truly righteous is he who fears God. And you should come into houses by the doors thereof; and fear Allah that you may prosper.