The Message or A Cry of Anguish — Page 70
70 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS carefully he would surely not have written this. Because, firstly, there is a world of difference between this memorial and that of the Anjuman. The person against whom the Anjuman has sent the memorial so that he may be punished or his books banned, did not follow the way of Zatalli who only hurled abuses. In addition to using abusive language, he also wrote objections with alleged quotations from Islamic literature. The biased Christians, therefore, stress on the point that he did not indulge in any abuse rather he merely reported events with references to Islamic books. Though it is absolutely true that those who offer such excuses are telling downright lies and deviating from the path of truthfulness, we are obligated by justice and reason firstly to dispel in a rational and lucid manner all the allegations and accusations that have been levelled so dishonestly and unfairly. And if exposing the liar for his lie is not deemed punishment enough then one has every right to turn to the Government. With the purest intention and wisdom that God has placed into my heart, I, despite being deeply wounded and hurt at the thought of such abuses, consider it most essential and preferable to first turn our attention to dispelling the allegations in order to prevent the people from being deceived. The Anjuman and its supporters have no idea how diseased the hearts of most people are these days and how fast they are turning towards suspicion. Moreover, when the author of this filthy book has already predicted in it that Muslims will never turn to produc- ing a reply, if we now only follow the practice of having him pun- ished it will amount to making his prediction come true. In fact, none can forcefully silence the mouths of the public. Our strategy of having him punished will be met with the criticism of the gen- eral public, Christians and Āryas, namely that since we have failed