The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 94
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO 94 neither claimed to be God nor the Son [of God], and fore- told the advent of Muhammad, the Chosen One, Ahmad, the Exalted One, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and in whom he believed. That is all. The Sympathy of the Maulaw i s of Amritsar for Islam The maulaw i s of Amritsar, who number no more than six or seven, namely Maulaw i Abdul Jabb a r Ghaznavi, Maulaw i Sanaullah Amritsari, Maulaw i Ghulam Rasool Amritsari, and Maulaw i Ahmadullah , etc. have argued against signing the petition which is to be sent to the authorities seeking extension of Ordinance 298 of the Indian Penal Code as well as the inclusion of two extra provisions. They have exposed, through their unwarranted opposition, how steadfast enemies of Islam and fiercely hostile to Islamic interests they really are. I have heard that Muslims at large have been deeply grieved by this inappropriate action of theirs. Most of the people vehemently rebuked and reproached as to what kind of maulaw i and Muslim these are who, only on account of one internal dispute, refrained from endorsing a simple, straight- forward, and extremely appropriate petition that was completely in the interest of Islam and which would slam the door shut to all the vile abuse, unfounded calumnies, and base insults in the future that the foul-mouthed Aryas and Christian priests level at our Prophet, Kh a tamur-Rusul [the Seal of the Messengers], peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. It appears, however, from the announcement published by these maulaw i s that they consider the Aryas and Christian priests to be totally blameless in