The True Islamic Concept of Jihad — Page 13
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 13 ] And we are so commanded that we prepare our- selves against the disbelievers as they do against us, or we treat the disbelievers in the same manner as they do to us. And until they draw the sword against us, we too should not draw the sword against them. ( Ibid. , p. 28) Then he states: In this age, jihad has taken a spiritual form. And jihad in this age demands that we strive in raising the Islamic kalimah 8. (Letter of the Promised Messiah as to Hadrat M i r N as ir Naw a b Sahib, al-Badr, Qadian, August 14, 1903, also quoted in Ris a lah Dur u d Shar i f, by Maul ana Muhammad Ism a‘ il, p. 26) The Promised Messiah as has not abrogated any form of Islamic jihad except the concept of jihad that had been coined by the scholars themselves. It is forbidden to engage in this jihad , until such a time that the conditions of jihad are fulfilled. This injunction refers only to one form of jihad that is forbidden when requisite conditions are missing. The Field of Propagation is Open As far as the wider subject of jihad is concerned, jihad in 8. This is the Creed of Islamic faith, l a il a ha illAllah Mu h ammadur Ras u lull a h , meaning: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Allah, Muhammad sa is a Messenger of Allah. ’