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120 Mahzarnama slaughter only of those who embark upon slaughter first. It does not lay down that the Muslims while they are subjects of a non- Muslim sovereign who deals with them with justice and equity should take up arms against him as rebels. According to the Holy Quran this is the way of the wicked and not of the righteous. But the Torah has not made this distinction clear at any place. This shows that the Holy Quran in all its commandments, whether of majesty or of beauty, adheres to the straight line of equity, justice, mercy and beneficence and is unique in this respect also among all the scriptures. " [Anjaam-e-Aatham, Roohaani Khazaa’in vol. 11, p. 37] "In my contemporary life, there is absolutely no reason for or need of physical warfare. Rather, in the latter days, the episodes of spiritual warfare were destined to be displayed, and a spiritual combat was to be in order. Since at the present time a great paraphernalia and weapons have been invented to propagate the latent heresies and creed of the infidels, therefore it is only befitting that they must be combatted by using weapons of the same kind. Because peace reigns at the present time and we enjoy all kinds of comfort and peace: every person has full freedom to propagate his own religion, proselytise, and practise its injunctions. Then how could Islam, which is the true exponent of peace—in fact, the true propagator of peace, amity and tranquillity is only Islam—how could it have sanctioned the former mode of conduct at the present time of peace and liberty? So, in the present age, it is indeed the latter mode of behaviour, viz. spiritual striving (mujahida) which is called for. " [ Malfoozaat, vol. 1, New Edition, p. 37 ] "In the early days of Islam, the defensive wars and physical fighting was also needed for the additional reason that the preacher of Islam was not responded to with arguments and proofs. Instead, he was met with sword, so he perforce had to retaliate with sword. But, these days, we are not confronted with sword; rather objections are raised against Islam by the use of pen and through arguments. It is for this reason that God has so