The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 93
The Plague 93 gun to spread among the Hindus who had quarrelled with the Shias. But when the same disease stepped into the Shia households, the chants of ‘Yā Ḥussain!' died down. . These then are the methods which the Muslims have devised for fighting the plague!. The Christian point of view has recently been expressed in an announcement by Padre White Brecht and his Association. They claim that no remedy can be successful against the plague unless people accept. Jesus as God and believe in the Atonement. . Among the Hindus, it is the Āryas who are crying themselves hoarse proclaiming that this calamity is only the result of the abandonment of the Vedas, and that all sects should believe in the truth of the Vedas, and should declare all Prophets to be impostors-God forbid only then will the plague disappear. . Another Hindu sect, Sanātan Dharam, has also expressed its own opinion about getting rid of the plague. Had I not read the newspaper Akhbar-e-'Ām, I would probably have remained unaware of this bizarre view. According to them this pestilence has broken out because of the cow, and if government would only pass the law that cows in this country should never be slaughtered, you will see how the plague disappears. Elsewhere, the same newspaper reports that a certain individual heard a cow saying, 'It is only because of me that the plague has come to this country. '