The Magnificent Services of The Just Imam, The Promised Messiah — Page 53
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 53 ] This is not simple-mindedness. This is an offence—an offence so major that he is comparing the tomb of a maulav i with Mount Sinai. He is addressing that tomb with using words with which M u s a as addressed God Almighty. And still they claim to be the upholders of Unity! Let me give you an example of how they exalt their maulav i s and muft i s : Today at Jumu‘ah prayer our hearts were distressed with the announcement that Ra h matul-lil-‘ A lam i n 24 (Mufti Muhammad Hasan Deobandi of Lahore) passed away from this world. ( Tadhkirah H asan , quoted from Monthly Tajall i -e-Deoband and Monthly N u r i Kiran, Breil i , February 1963, quoted from Deoband i Madh-hab , p. 126–127, written by Ghulam Mehr ‘Al i Golarhv i , Kutub Kh a nah, Mehriyah Man- zil, Mand i Chishtiy an Shar i f, Bahawalnagar Prov- ince) They declare Deobandi Mufti Sahib as Ra h matul-lil- ‘ A lam i n —the title given to the Holy Prophet sa in the Holy Quran! Another scholar, Maulav i Ashraf ‘Al i Th a nw i , has been mentioned in the following words: The Holy Prophet’s sa blessed complexion, features and body were just like those of Hadrat Maul a n a Ashraf ‘Al i. ( A s daqur Ro’y a’ , part 2, p. 3, published in Dhul- H ijjah 1354 H. (also quoted in Deoband i 24. Mercy for all peoples.