A Great Victory for Ahmadiyyat — Page 24
[ 24 ] seventy-two will be bound for the fire in Hell. There is only one group that will be righteous and that would be a Jam a ‘at. Until recently, all our foes believed in this h ad i th. There was no exception. On September 7, 1974, the calamity that hit Pakistan was that our enemies, in their malicious attempt to malign and disgrace Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, also maligned, God forbid, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. By their words and actions, they claimed that this h ad i th was not true and whatever our holy men had said in the past about this h ad i th was also untrue. According to them, the reverse is true. Seventy-two sects are right and one is wrong. They put forth this opinion very proudly and the present government also emphasizes it in the White Paper. They go against the words of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa with great impunity despite repeated warnings by the Im a m of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at to refrain from this and not to invite the wrath of Allah by going against the words of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. They have in essence revolted against the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and are therefore non-Muslim themselves. By dint of their ill-formed majority, they continue to demand increasing punitive measures against the Ahmad i s. Spite and Malice of the Opponents of Ahmadiyyat The opponents of Ahmadiyyat cannot vilify Ahmad i s unless they defy this h ad i th. One would note that earlier in