The Truth Unveiled — Page 33
33 33 Isl Iamns terliolP of a humble individual in the form of the Promised Messiah who forbids war, prohibits nefarious schemes of sedition and teaches a life of simplicity. Thus, how could they ever be pleased with such a person? Consequently, they were compelled to issue edicts of death and crucifixion against this person. It was deemed an article of faith to take hold of and then forcefully marry my wife as well as other women of the community. ✩ Moreover, to abuse and slander me and cast filthy aspersions upon my wife was deemed worthy of divine reward. Then their fury and rage was invoked for a second time when Muhammad Husain generously praised the Sultan of Rome 1 in his magazine; whereas I, after meeting with a Roman ambassador, published an announcement stating that we owe greater loyalty and obedience to the British government than to the Sultan of Rome. We are far more indebted to this empire than to the Sultan. This written statement greatly incited the Muslim clerics and they hurled filthy abuse upon me. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan KCSI alone agreed with my position. I have recorded his words, which were published in his own newspaper, within the pages of this treatise. I say truthfully that aside from these reasons there are no other causes for their animosity against me. The esteemed officials of ✩ Note: See pages 34 and 40 of the book Sayf-e-Maslul , published by Egerton Press Rawalpindi (undated) and Maulvi Muhammad and com - pany’s announcement published by the Haqqani Press Ludhiana, 29 Ramadan 1308 A. H. —Author 1. In this passage the words ‘Rome’ and ‘Roman’ signify the Ottoman Empire. [Publisher]