Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 55
27 December 1906 55 very little, 1 but some self-centred individual went to the Am i r of Kabul and incited him against Maulaw i ‘Abdul-Latif saying that he was against Jihad and was against the Am i r’s religious tenets. Due to this, Maulaw i ‘Abdul-Latif was murdered with such brutality that even the hardest of hearts cannot escape being affected by its [traumatic] effects. Pondering over what sin it was that he was murdered for, a person will have to acknowledge that this was an egregious cruelty that had taken place under heaven. Now, in compari- son to this, look at our activities over the past thirty years. The Christian priests and the religion of the Christians has been tar- geted time and again and they have been told that they are ter- ribly in the wrong, their Trinity is wrong, and their [Doctrine of ] Atonement is invalid. However, on exposing the wrongs of these concepts, and on stating that Islam is the only true religion and the only means of salvation, and the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is indeed Af d alur- Rus u l [the Most Exalted of the Messengers], and salvation can only be attained by absolute obedience to him, no arrest warrant was issued by the Government [against me], and no inquiry was launched as to why I propagate my religion. Then tell me, if I praise this Government for this freedom and peace, and openly express the enthusiasm of my gratitude for this, then how can this be flattery? This is a statement of fact and if someone does not do this, I say with certainty that they are gravely sinful in the eyes of God Almighty. I have thoroughly pondered, and experience has taught me that it is within the inherent nature of this nation that although we have simultane- ously exposed the errors and weaknesses of the Christian faith 1. From Badr : ‘And he was highly respected in his country, and had thousands of followers, and enjoyed great honour in the court of Kabul. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 8, dated 17 January 1907)