Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 270
270 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as follows: َ یَضَع ُ الْحَرْب He will end warfare. In consideration of this task, it was necessary for me to issue the verdict that war is now forbidden. Therefore, I proclaim that in this era it is unlawful and indeed a grave sin for anyone to raise the sword or take up arms in the name of religion. I am disappointed in the barbaric frontiersmen who wage attacks in the name of jihad every other day, which they actually perpetrate in order to serve their own material greed. In doing so, they not only disgrace Islam, but are also an obstacle in the establishment of peace. A true Muslim should have no sympathy for such barbaric people. Then, what is the meaning of َ یَکْسِر ُ الصَّلِیْب (he will break the cross) ? One ought to listen carefully. It was destined that the advent of the Promised Messiah would take place in an era when the cross would be dominant, and he would come to break the cross. Now the meaning is clear in that the purpose of the advent of the Promised Messiah would be to categorically refute the Christian faith. He was destined to demonstrate the falsehood of the religion that advo- cates the worship of the cross, with proofs and arguments that would be rein- forced even further through heavenly support and miracles. As a result, the falsity of Christianity would become evident to the world and hundreds and thousands of souls will confess that in reality, the Christian faith cannot be a means of mercy for humanity. It is for this reason that all of my attention is directed towards the cross. What more is left in defeating the cross? The concept of the death of Jesus as alone has destroyed the cross, for when it has been proven that the Messiah as did not die on the cross, but rather went on to die a natural death in Kashmir, an intelligent person ought to tell me what then remains of the cross? If prejudice and obstinacy have not gloomed a person’s heart completely, and rendered their intellect unable to draw reasonable conclusions, even a Christian will have to admit that this belief tears into the very fabric of Christianity. 1 The Advent of the Promised Messiah Was Destined for an Era when the Cross Would Be Dominant Therefore, it is evidently clear that Allah the Exalted would send the Promised 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 7, no. 3, dated 24 January 1903, pp. 2-3