Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 146
146 TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY QURAN blessing for the Muslims. The Gracious God has sent this government as a shower of mercy. Fighting and waging jihad against such a government is absolutely prohibited. It is definitely not a principle of Islam that the Muslims living under a government, enjoying its favours, and lead- ing their lives peacefully and comfortably under its protec- tion, and being brought up under its continuous favours, should inflict a painful sting on it like a scorpion. He has many times prayed for this government. The following is his latest prayer published in a leaflet printed at Riaz-e- Hind Press, Amritsar. He intends to publish 20,000 cop- ies of it in India and England. 'The British whose decent, civilized and kind govern- ment, by obliging us through their favours and friendly relations, has inspired us to pray with heartfelt fervour for their well-being and comfort so that their fair faces, good looking as they are in this world, may be lit with divine نَسْئَلُ اللهَ تَعَالَى خَيْرَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ . light in the hereafter as well Hence, we] اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِهِمْ وَأَيَّدُهُمْ بِرُوحٍ مِّنْكَ وَاجْعَلْ لَّهُمْ حَظًّا كَثِيرًا فِي دِينِكَ . . . الخ ask God for their well-being in this world as well as in the hereafter. O God! Guide them and help them with a spirit from Yourself and apportion them a great portion of Your faith. . . ] Despite all this, accusing such a person of nursing enmity against the British government and to cast doubt about his book such that it incites against the government: if not the height of dishonesty and an evil intrigue, then what is it? The well-wishers of this empire and the follow- ers of Islam must not pay heed to the absurd talk of these