The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 71
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR OUR READERS 71 missionaries are, in fact, at the forefront of reviling, disparaging, and insulting [the Holy Prophetsas]. I have a whole stockpile of books of such missionaries who have filled their writings with hundreds of invectives. Any maulawi who so desires, may come and see. And it should be noted that going forward, should any Christian missionary refrain from this abusive attitude and speak respectfully, I too will treat him with respect. At the moment they themselves are attacking their Yasu by refusing to abstain from vituperation and abuse. I have grown weary of listening to it. If someone abuses one's father, does the wronged person not have the right to abuse the other person's father as well? Besides, whatever I have said is factual وَإِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بالنِّيَّاتِ ]And actions are judged by their intentions]. ¹ Humbly, Ghulam Ahmad 20 December 1895 1. Şahih al-Bukhārī, Bāb Bad'ul-Wahyi, Kaifa kāna bad'ul-Wahyi ilā Rasūlillāh şallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam, Hadith 1. [Publisher]