Refutation of the Allegation of Insult to Jesus Christ — Page iv
iv • The admission of ‘Shamsul Akhb a r’, a Christian paper, that padre ‘Im a d-ud-D i n’s book ‘Hid a ya-tul- Muslim i n’ was detestable and could provoke another mutiny in India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 • Literature written in great abundance and circulated far and wide to vilify the Holy Prophet sa of Islam. Muslims plunged into despair for their helplessness, being unable to use the same tactics as were employed by padres against Islam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 • The Muslim scholars adopted a new strategy to make a counter-attack on Christianity. It consisted in the differentiation between Jesus mentioned in the New Testament (whom they could attack on the basis of the Bible) and ‘ I s a as of the Qur’an whom they believed to be a true Prophet of God, free from all blame and blemish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 • One to adopt this strategy was Maulaw i Ra h matull a h Muh a jir, Mecc i , a learned scholar of Sunn i Muslims—excerpts from his book ’Iz a lah Auh a m’. . . . . . . . . . 7-9 • Maulaw i A l-e- H asan uses the same strategy in his book ‘Istifs a r’—excerpts from this book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14 • The founder of Brelw i faith Ahmad Ra da Kh a n attacks Christians on the same lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 • Maulaw i ‘Abdur Ra’ u f and his attack on Christians, using the same strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-25 • One of the Divine missions of the Promised Messiah as was to reform the latter-day Christianity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 • Maul a n a Abul Kal a m Az a d’s tribute to the Promised Messiah as on his demise, acknowledging the Promised Messiah’s Jihad of pen against Christianity and other religions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . footnote 25-26