Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 11
Undated 11 Historic Status of Qadian The Promised Messiah as said: Five hundred huffaz-Quran [people who have memorized the whole Quran] used to live here in Qadian. At that time it was called Islampur. Now you cannot find that many huffaz even in the big cities of India. The Sikhs destroyed its Islamic grandeur. Lots of Sikhs used to live here. Some of them had fought battles against Syed Ahmad. But gradually all passed away, and there are, maybe, just a few left. The Essence of Jihad The Promised Messiah as said: The maulawis have misconstrued the issue of Jihad as well. It does not appear anywhere from the Holy Quran or the tradi- tions of the Holy Prophet s as or in the biography of the Holy Prophet s as that any jihad to convert disbelievers to Islam was ever permitted in Islam or ever practiced. For thirteen years, the Holy Prophet s as and his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, suffered tor- ture at the hands of the disbelievers. Only when the trans- gression of the disbelievers exceeded all limits was permis- sion granted to kill those who killed them [the Muslims], and Muslims, too, were permitted to raise their hand because they had been persecuted. This is the very gist of Jihad. Jizyah [tax on non-Muslim cit- izens], which is a nominal tax, itself proves that Islamists were