The Light of Truth — Page 59
INDIA'S MUSLIM CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY and like the ignorant they labelled me a kāfir. But I gave this no importance after having understood the truth and after the appearance of the path of guidance. I apprehended that this is the truth, so I explained it clearly, even if my people should hate it. Therefore, when my sincerity has been proven to such an extent, and I have demonstrated it to a sufficient degree for those who have insight, then whoever still thinks ill of my endeavour is of impure character, like the wicked, and accus- tomed to evil, bitterness, backbiting, and the ways of the mis- chievous, and has abandoned the ways of the righteous. My writing of books in Arabic was only for these lofty objec- tives. My books continued to reach the Arabs until I began to observe signs of their influence on them. Some of them came to me, while others wrote to me. Some slandered me vehemently, while others were reformed and came to agree [with me] like those who seek to be guided. I have devoted a long period of time to these services, to the point that eleven years were spent engaged in publication work without any negligence on my part. I can claim to be distinctly alone in these services; I can say that I am unmatched in this support; and I can say that I am a refuge for this government and a fortress that safeguards it against calamities. My Lord has given me glad tidings, saying: مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فِيهِمْ [Allah would not punish them while you were among them. ] There is no one who can equal or match my service and support to this government. Very soon the government will realize this- provided it is among those who analyse with care. As for those who—upon abandoning Islam and becom- ing far removed from the shade of the Best of Creation-have 59