The Message or A Cry of Anguish — Page 67
THE MESSAGE OR A CRY OF ANGUISH 67 with the Will of our Gracious Lord as expressed in the Holy Quran. We wait and see what clear victory the Anjuman secures by sending this memorial which would spare them the need to produce a rebuttal. Suppose if all the published books were col- lected back from the Punjab and Hindustan, and were then burnt or destroyed by some other means and even if this act were accom- panied by a stern legal warning of severe consequences in future for any priest ever using such harsh words, even then all this exer- cise could not be considered as a substitute for writing a rebuttal. Allah the Almighty says in the Holy Quran that one truly perishes if done so with a manifest sign. But if no measures were taken as requested by the Anjuman except something ordinary or insignif- icant, then it can be clearly imagined how the opponents would gloat that day. Therefore, I never cease to regret this strategy of the Anjuman. Regretfully, they also wanted to close the door on those seeking to write a rebuttal. Alas! Did this Anjuman know not that the author of the book Ummahātul-Mu'minin has claimed in the same book that no Muslim will ever be able to refute it? By shying away from answering and adopting a different course, the Anjuman has shown that the author's assumption was true. The supporters of the Anjuman like Paisa Akhbār and the Punjab Observer emphatically proclaim that there is no further need to refute it since earlier books are enough. It all amounts to what Allah the Almighty says, وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُ 1. And Iblis found that his judgment of them was true. (Sūrah Saba, 34:21) [Publisher]