Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 246
246 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad no benefit in the breaking of crosses in this manner. If one wooden cross is broken, ten more can be produced; they are made of gold and silver as well. But no, the manner in which God Almighty had decreed that the Promised Messiah would break the cross did not at all mean that he would break material crosses, because this would make him a tyrant. Therefore, those who hold this belief seek to dis - honour the religion. God Almighty has not instructed the Promised Messiah to engage in physical war. He has decreed in his respect that َ ٌب ْ ِر َْحَ َاَل ََُضَُع ْی (he will end religious war) so that he is not tainted in any way. The Promised Messiah as has appeared in the world to remove the notion of taking up arms in the name of religion, so that he may demonstrate through argu - ments and reasoning that Islam is a religion that does not the least bit require the sword to support its propagation. He has come to show that the inherent excellences of the teaching, its verities, insights, arguments, proofs, its living sup - port and signs, and its innate magnetism are the qualities which have always been the cause for its success and propagation. So all those who allege that Islam was spread by dint of the sword should know that they are false in their claim. The effects of Islam do not depend on any coercion for their propagation. If anyone has any doubt in this, they are welcome to stay with me and see that Islam gives proof of its living nature through arguments and signs. Now, God Almighty has willed and intends to cleanse all of the allegations which the impure have levelled against the pure being that is Islam. Those who raise the allegation that Islam was spread with the sword will now be terribly dis - graced. The objection that fighters in the frontier region cause disturbances every other day because of the teaching of jihad is an absurd comment. Calling these insurrectionists Muslim warriors is utterly foolish and ignorant. If any ignorant Muslim holds even the slightest sympathy with these people, with the view that they are waging a jihad, I truthfully proclaim that they are an enemy of Islam who refers to rebels as warriors; such people essentially praise those who are disgracing Islam. The Messiah who was raised by God for the Jews came with the same purpose. He came to cleanse the Jews of the impurity that was attributed to them that their religion was propagated by force. Similarly, the Promised Messiah given to Islam in the fourteenth century has been sent for the same purpose and objective, so that he may absolve Islam of the allegation that it was spread by force. Therefore, his foremost task is to abstain from physical conflict. In England, France and p. 512 ِ ُن ْ ُي ِ ْلْد ِ َف َ ٗه َْرَ ُك ِ ۤ َ ْل ِْضِ ُر َ ْْل ُ ِة َ َب َدَٓا َ ْل ِ ۤ ٗهٖ ِ َّت َْٰلٰ َمَْو ِع ْ ُم ُ ِه َ ْل ََمَ َد