Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 82
82 against Islam, when the whole controversy was about the truth or falsehood of Islam and Christianity and not about any particular doctrine of mine. (Anwarul Islam p. 48) This shows that the expression to which exception is taken was applied by the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, to those who were in effect semi - Christians, who declared the victory of the Christians and thus attacked Islam, who joined the Christians in c elebrating their alleged victory, who cursed the righteous and had no regard for the honor of Allah and of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The opponents of the Promised Messiah construe the expression used by him as meaning that persons to whom it was applied were the issue of adultery but it is clear that that was not his meaning as is explained in his following statement: For proving himself legitimately born it was necessary for such a one if he considered me false and the Christians as victorious to meet effectively the argument that I have set forth … It is a sign of the bastard that he does not adopt the straight path a nd continues to love the ways of wrong and injustice. (Anwarul Islam, p. 30) This expression has been metaphorically used by many eminent persons before the Promised Messiah, peace be on him. For instance, Hazrat Imam Abu Hanifa , may Allah have mercy on him, has said: A person who charges Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with