Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 356
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 356 in Egypt, Syria, Beirut, etc. , to the extent that such mischief is perpetrated even in lexicons. At this point, Hadrat Hakeemul-Ummat [Maulaw i Noor-ud-Deen] submitted that: H u du r [Your Holiness; the Promised Messiah as ], the Christians have published a book of [Abu Mansur al-]Thalabi named Fiq h al-Lugh a. In this book, they have erased the name of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and written the phrase: ٖ ہ ِ ل آ اَلِ ُ َوۃ ٰ صَل َال و ُ ِہلِلِ د ْ م َ ح ْـ ل َ ا ٖ ہ ِ ل آ اَلِ ُ َوۃ ٰ صَل َال و ُ ِہلِلِ د ْ م َ ح ْـ ل َ ا [ Al- h amdu lill a hi wa s- s al a tu li- a lih i —All praise belongs to Allah and peace be on his family]. Enmity is kept in mind to such an extent. The Promised Messiah as then spoke about the propagation of Islam in Japan: I do not have confidence in other books that people write about Islam because they contain errors. Presenting the par- ticulars of Islam smeared with such errors to the Japanese and other people would subject Islam to ridicule. Only that which I present is Islam. Money is, of course, needed for the propagation of Islam, and it is permissible to spend the money received as interest from the banks on this because it would be purely for the sake of God. It is not prohibited for God. As I have just said, ammunition and gunpowder from any place are permitted to be used in the way of jihad. These things can be understood without any difficulty because they are completely clear. Allah the Exalted has prohibited the eating of swine, but despite this, He says: