Advice for Missionaries — Page 26
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 26 and discussions with them should focus on other topics. This is wrong. Discuss other subjects only after they have accepted that Jesus as has died. Arguments should be made in the correct sequence. Do not try to deceive others. If people become aware that you have been disingenuous with them, they will grow suspicious of you and your religion. Present those arguments that God has established for you. If people do not accept them [then that is their own matter], your duty is only to convey the message, not to forcefully convert others. That is up to Allah. In the Holy Qur’an Allah the Exalted says to the Holy Prophet sa : 7 ۰۰ َتْسَل ْمِهْيَلَع ٍرِطْيَۜصُمِبۙ ۰۰ ۤاَمَّنِا َتْنَا ٌرِّكَذُمؕ ١ؕ۫ ْرِّكَذَف REMIND AHMADIS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES Cultivate such sentiments within the members of the community that elevate their love for their fellow Ahmadis, even beyond their love for their [non- Ahmadi] relations. Always side with the truth. Do not side against an Ahmadi in any dispute simply because of familial ties. Keep in mind that the nation we belong to is that of the Ahmadiyya Community. 7 Admonish, therefore, for thou art but an admonisher; thou hast no authority to compel them. Surah Al-Ghashiyah , 88:22-23 [Publishers]