Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 125
Mahzarnama 125 wait for a bloody Mahdi or a bloody Messiah; for it is not possible that anyone should appear who should convert people to Islam by the sword contrary to the clear teaching of the Quran. " [Masih Hindustaan Mein, Roohaani Khazaa’in vol. 15. p. 12] "It is worthy of reflection that if a person does not accept the true faith because he is not yet aware of its truth, holy teaching and inherent good qualities, then should he be immediately put to the sword? Indeed such a person deserves to be treated mercifully and should be informed gently and courteously of the truth and excellences and spiritual beneficence of the faith, and not that his denial should be repelled by the sword or the gun. Therefore, the commonly held doctrine of Jehad put forward by certain Muslim sects—and their teaching that the time is approaching when a fighting Mahdi will appear whose name will be Imam Muhammad, and that Jesus will descend from heaven to join him and help him and that the two together will slaughter all the people who refuse to accept Islam—is most un-ethical. Is this not a doctrine which stultifies all the pure faculties of man and generates emotions like those of wild beasts? People who hold such doctrines have to behave hypocritically towards everyone else. " [Masih Hindustaan Mein, Roohaani Khazaa’in vol. 15, p. 8] "Our Holy Prophet sa suffered great persecution at the hands of the nonbelievers at Mecca and thereafter. The thirteen years which he spent at Mecca were years of great affliction and suffering of many kinds—to think of them brings tears to one's eyes. But he did not raise the sword against his enemies, nor did he reply to their abuses. . . . It is, therefore, wrong and unjust to suppose that the Holy Prophet sa , or his companions ever fought for spreading the Faith, or that they ever coerced anyone to join the fold of Islam. " [Masih Hindustaan Mein, Roohaani Khazaa’in vol. 15, p. 10]