Majestic Writings of the Promised Messiah — Page 28
as in View of Some Renowned Muslim Scholars [ 28 ] O writer, may God bless your noble wish! This Movement still continues and will continue in the future. The Maul a n a further writes: The literature that Mirz a Sahib produced against the Christians and A ry a s has been acclaimed widely and as such does not need any introduction. Even today, now that it has fulfilled its purpose, we have to sin- cerely acknowledge its influence and magnificence. Our hearts can never forget the time when Islam was totally encircled by hostile attacks and Muslims, who were entrusted by the Real Protector [God Almighty] with the duty to defend Islam in the visible and per- ceptible worlds, were leading a miserable life as a penalty for their own vices. They did nothing for the defense of Islam, nor were they capable of it. Muslims neither did anything nor had the ability to do any- thing. Instead, they were gasping with pain from their extensive wounds. At that time, the Promised Messiah as committed this ‘injustice’ to the Islamic world. Maul a n a A z a d further writes: The state of defense was such that they did not even have arrows to combat cannons. There was not even a semblance of counter-attack or defense, yet his defense not only destroyed the initial influence of Christianity, which considered itself strong under the shadow of its government, but also saved hundreds of thousands of Muslims from extremely dangerous and potentially successful attacks from Christianity. The