Truth About the Split — Page 332
332 argues a particular view of Kufr and Islam from such a wrong interpretation of a verse of the Holy Quran can never have been approved by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. For, not only does he furnish an interpretation of the verse quite different from that of Maulawi Muhammad Ali, but actually refutes Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s interpretation when he says that [Say, Allah] is really a reply to the question put earlier in the verse [Who revealed the Book?]. (3) Yet another refutation of the statement that the tract Kufr-o-Islam was published with the approval of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra , is to be found in the fact that in this tract Maulawi Muhammad Ali writing about Hadrat Imam Abu Hanifah says: "He entertained the belief that if any person should for once utter from the depth of his heart the formula La Ilaha Illallah , it would make him a Mu’min (believer) no matter if he should subsequently be guilty of Shirk , Kufr or Zulm. " ( Kufr-o-Islam by Maulawi Muhammad Ali, page 4). Such a statement is, on the face of it, without sense or significance. Nevertheless, Maulawi Muhammad Ali not only ascribes it to Hadrat Imam Abu Hanifah, but asserts that it was his considered creed. When, however, Maulawi Muhammad Ali was challenged to produce any work of Hadrat Imam Abu