The True Islamic Concept of Jihad

by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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The True Islamic Concept of Jihad — Page 36

[ 36 ] that appeared to be impossible at the hands of this unlettered one 15. O Allah bless him and grant him peace and grant your favours to him and his progeny. ( Barakatud Du‘ a’ , p. 7) The Fruits of Maud u diyyat Compare this writing of the Promised Messiah as with that of Maud u d i Sahib. There is a clear difference. It is as different as the East is to the West. On one side, it is the spirit of truth and Islam speaking, which manifested itself on the pure heart of the Promised Messiah as , issuing pure words from his blessed tongue. It is that voice that showed us the way to the spring of Islam’s domination, watered our thirsty spirits, and introduced us to the everlasting truth. The secret of the Holy Prophet’s sa domination, strength, and splendour was hidden in his spiritual power, which rose like a cloud in the form of accepted prayers as it extinguished every fire of opposition that was ignited in the desert of Arabia. It watered the dry and the wet, the land and the sea, and rained such an effusion of life that turned deserts into meadows, wildernesses into gardens, and revived the land that was dead. On the one hand is the voice of the spirit of truth and Islam, and on the other is the spirit of Maud u diyyat that 15. Reference is to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa who never learned to read and write.