The True Islamic Concept of Jihad

by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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The True Islamic Concept of Jihad — Page 25

A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 25 ] his own Jam a ‘at. There was no duplicity or dishonesty in him or in his Jam a ‘at; whatever concept of jihad he proclaimed, he observed it himself. He did not pay mere lip service to this concept of jihad. Rather, he spent his entire life with his entire being, following this jihad , and admonishing the entire Jam a ‘at about it. While these scholars accuse him for praising Queen Victoria and for calling her the shade of peace, is there anybody else who sent the message of Islam to Queen Victoria? The Promised Messiah as boldly invited the Queen to embrace Islam, while he criticised Christianity, calling it a dead and false religion. This was the Queen on whose empire the sun never set. On the one hand the Promised Messiah as praised her justice, but on the other hand, he invited her to accept Islam. The Promised Messiah as Raised the Banner of True Jihad Against Christianity Now let us look at the other scholars. They considered India the ‘land of peace’, while the farsightedness of the Promised Messiah as perceived it as the ‘land of conflict’. This is a result of his true insight into the concept of jihad. He knew what jihad truly was. Jihad cannot be ordained in the ‘land of peace’. Jihad can only be ordained in a ‘land of conflict’. But in what sense was this the case? The Promised Messiah as explains himself: