Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 582
582 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION Exalted has sent as the Promised Messiah-have not been commanded by God to engage in jihad and wage wars for the sake of the Faith. On the contrary, I have been commanded to be kind, to seek help from God for the spread of the Faith, and to ask for heavenly Signs and heav- enly assaults. And God Almighty has promised that great Signs shall be manifested in my support. As opposed to my God who helps me from on high, no nation shall have the power to demonstrate any sign from their false gods. Accordingly, my God has, in fact, already shown hundreds of Signs in my support. Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khān, therefore, was wrong to think that people would be forced to become Muslims during the time of the Mahdi. Allah the Exalted says: لا إكراه في الدِّينِ Meaning that, there is no coercion in Islam. It is true that there was a time when Christians used to force peo- ple to adopt Christianity. Islam, on the other hand, since the very beginning, has been opposed to compulsion. Compulsion is the resort of those alone who have no heavenly Signs in their support. But Islam is a veritable ocean of heavenly Signs. No Prophet has shown such a large number of miracles as were shown by our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, because the miracles of earlier Prophets died along with their deaths. But the miracles of our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, continue to manifest themselves even through today and will continue being manifested until the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, all things that are manifested in my support are miracles of the Holy Prophet, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, but where are those Christians or Jews or other people; can they show signs that can equal these Signs? Certainly not! Certainly not!! Certainly not!!! Even if they toil to the end of 1. Surah al-Baqarah, 2:257 [Publisher]