Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 226
226 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad are being waged against Islam one after the other, people sleep blissfully in peace and comfort. Do you not see that in addition to weekly and monthly newspapers and periodicals, the Christians distribute a large number of two-page leaflets and brief pamphlets daily, which equal fifty thousand at times, and sometimes they reach in the hundreds of thousands? They reprint these writings repeatedly and spend tens of millions of rupees like water. Why Does Christianity Oppose Islam? You ought to bear well in mind that in the minds and estimations of the Chris- tian clergy, the Hindus are of no consequence, nor are they even slightly bothered by the other religions. As such, you will never hear that the Christians have pub- lished even half the number of books against Hinduism, which they publish to repudiate Islam. These people have no concern whatsoever with other religions, because they are devoid of the spirit of divine origin and truth themselves. They are lifeless religions like Christianity itself. However, these people spare no effort in their attempts to turn Islam into a lifeless faith, even though it is a living reli- gion that comes from the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining God. On one occa- sion, I gathered all of their allegations and they have reached 3,000 in number; and now this number must have increased. Remember that a mischievous individual plants doubt into the minds of oth- ers. Since they are bereft of truth, purity and virtue, they do as they please. I am absolutely certain that the Afghans of Amritsar do not observe the Prayer and consume alcohol. When they raise allegations in front of others, the people be- lieve them and think that since they are descendants of saintly men, why would they lie? This gives rise to ill thoughts in the hearts of the common people, who begin to think that these allegations are valid. This is how these people hatch con- spiracies. Thus, on the one hand, we have the Christian clergy, who openly write and publish books against Islam; and on the other hand, we have the current style of education in the West which, along with their books, carry a hidden poison. Philosophers in their own manner and historians in their own way present the actual occurrences in a negative light and then attack Islam. In short, at present, the attacks made against Islam are of two sorts: firstly, those made by the Christian clergy and secondly, those levelled by philosophers. And so, in this hour, one ought to analyse their own faith in Islam.