Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 54
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 54 I have been engaged in this work of propagation for over twenty-five years, and have been carrying it out with full freedom and peace. I sent sixteen thousand leaflets inviting [people] to Islam in the countries (European cities) of the Government itself. Those leaflets were not distributed among ordinary people but were sent to dignitaries (that included members of the royal family and senior officials and members of the Government) up to the extent that a book was sent even to Her Majesty, the Queen inviting her to embrace Islam. She held it in such esteem and value that a request was made via telegram for another copy to be sent. This is a wondrous thing. What [wonderful] grace and favour of God Almighty it is indeed that He sent me at such a place where I can dis- charge my duty in every way with full freedom! Verily, verily I say that we cannot find its parallel anywhere else. People will be surprised over this, or they will dismiss these statements of mine as flattery due to their premature thoughts and superfi- ciality. Nevertheless, I say under oath that if this Jam a ‘at had commenced in the holy land of Makkah, then every day a few [members] would have been murdered. Similarly, if it had been Madinah or Turkey, some would have been punished and some would have been persecuted. In short, some sort of trou- ble would have had to be faced continually. Similarly, if [the Jam a ‘at had begun] in Kabul, there would have been all sorts of attacks on it. Experience has proved this as well. Everyone knows that two of our esteemed members have been martyred in Kabul. They had not engaged in any rebel- lion or murder or any heinous crime. The only thing they said was that jihad was unlawful. Verily I say that they did not state anything greater than what I have expressed to the Government here about the Christian religion. They were extremely virtu- ous, righteous, and quiet. Indeed, Maulaw i ‘Abdul-Latif spoke