The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 158
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI 1. "Some ignorant people have raised the objection, among them the Editor of Al-Manar, that as I live in the country ruled by the. British, I, therefore, forbid Jihad. These stupid ones do not consider that if I had wished to please the Government with false declarations. why should I have affirmed repeatedly that Jesus, son of Mary, was delivered from the cross and died a natural death in Srinagar and that he was neither God, nor Son of God. Would not such of the. British who are devoted to their religion be disgusted by this affirmation of mine? Then attend to this, ye stupid ones, that I offer no flattery to this Government. The truth is that according to the Holy. Quran, it is forbidden to go to war against a government which does not interfere in any way with Islam or its practice, nor uses force against us in order to promote its own religion. " (Kashti-e-Nuh, p. 68) 2. He states further: "This Government safeguards the lives and the properties of the Muslims and provides them with security against the attack of every wrongdoer. . . . . I have not embarked upon this enterprise out of any fear of Government or in the hope of any reward from it. All I have done is in accordance with the divine command and the command of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. " (Nurul Haq, Part I, p. 30). OBJECTION NO. 5:. Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad forbade Jihad to please. British Government. He wrote many books to abrogate Jihad. . ANSWER:. This charge is totally false. Jihad is part of Islam. He only rejected the concept of Jihad then current among many Ulemas. (Divines) and sects of Islam and that only pertaining to the part of. Jihad which is called Jihad by fighting or Jihad by the sword. It was only so because conditions for such a Jihad were not present in India. in his time. Muslims were living in freedom and security. They had full freedom to perform their religious obligations. They had full freedom of professing and propagating Islam. They had full religious freedom and no force or sword was used to convert them. All 158