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1 w h a t a m i r a c l e w a s i t t h n t - ' In a sUdtlell b e s t d w a l o f i f a v o u r " " l ' h . u a r t c o m p a s s i o n i l e a d T h o u on T h o u t o o k ~twav. all tile. b a r r i e r s T o T h y . r i g h t p a t h . o u r .hum:an T h a t "l'liou m i g h t - d e i ; . c e n d a s a . S a v -race, i. : i-ur. Ths' Mercv-fl0weth evermore. " " I ) . . g u i d e . u s to tile p a t h of Grace., In t r t i t h n o n e s a c r i f i c e s f o r a l m t l i e r : . . -. S i n c e r i t y is ;m e;tsC w a y to t r e a d - "" " 3 T h o u h a s t m a d e T h v p;tth so si'UilJle "l'hdtl a r t -the L o r d df lud.~mOnt T h a t 1,y C h i l d r e n . i t ' h a t h b e e n r e a d . . - Day, _ .. " lh:dd a i r s , .,~races, w i l e s a n d gtriles l:.or s u r f . shall. :tll. lw jtltlj~ed b y h a v e s e e n ;i'hee. T h e i r c o n s u m n m t i O n in T h e e ~ . . : O k e e p us off t i l e p a t h o f s i n . N . t a k n a v i s h c o q t l e t b u t is Ci'y'ing .-An-1 F r : ' o r ' s w a y . . s o m o t e it 1)e. F o r T h v a f f l i c t i o n a n d T h v . s e l f t o . ,. : \ B D U R K : \ H I , ' X[ ' m N o t e s o , " s e e . . - .. Islam. \ \ ' h o e v e r fell i h t o - T h v , f u r n a c e . . ~ " " " " "l'h~m r o a s t e d w i t h 7"hy //re. . . . . \ \ . ' h o k m , w s ~ , l i a t : n m y . b e t h e tles\ V h o e v e i " c o m e t o T h e e i n j o y " ' " ti-nv . o f o u t - p r e s e n t : c i v i l i z a t i o n . " i i T h o u t u r n e d , liim -away in t e a r s . - t h e r e is t o o nfltch p r o s p e r i t y in one t;iltil I b e c a m e i n s a n e ' f i w - . T h e e p a r t ~f t i m w o r h l a n d t o o - l i t t l e in M y h e a d ; w a s . b e r e f t of" all s e n s e : ' . tile other? Effeteness and prosper3l.x': life fiw T h e e m y f a n c y , . w l u r t a i t y - o n o n e s i d e alid t h e f i e r c e n e s s tit favour . . . . . - . . n e c e s s i t y on. t h e : . t h e r - s i d e b a r e oftI l a . ~ t T l u , u d~m~ to m e . so d e n s e . " e n c h a n f f e d t h e l e v e l s in t h e g e o g : " " " " r a l , h v : o f n m n k i n d a n d h a s c;tust'd MY L'0xge-Fever. b ' G o d , T h v f u r y the uncivilized to lt0win the-t .Mitkes T h e e an i n f i d e l m o s t J ) r a v e ; pr0sl~r, ms and th~:effete,destrov" P, u t T h o u h a s t m : a d e m e " . A Moslem'. a submissive slave, m g t l l e i r - - c i v i l i z a t i o n as the)," d e " stroved their Impulati0n. T h e 1.6~Direct o ~ t it is T h e e " . . : s o n ' i s t h a t c i v i l i z a t i o n c a n n o t afford T h a t ' c a u s e s all u n r e s t ; . . Moslem or Non-Moslemthere is ' to h a y e b e y o n d i t s l e v e e s a risinff tide of impoverished humanity kept Thy" s i m m e r i n g in . e v e r y breast, away from whaKto them. is a wonT h e .Messiah t h a t w a s s a i d t o l ) e . d e r f u l sm-i)lus, 1)y a r t i f i c i a l i ' e g u l a 1.tJcated s m n e w h e r e in tile " []1-111~[tions. merit above; G . S . M'i".xm..x.~v

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dent,talc6 the o t h e r ? A: If it .means Why. t h e y c a l l each uther-liars, then tl~eir c o n d u c t is rig[at reprelaensible, for l y i n g preq t p p . s e s evil intention. N o n e has .a right to think or r e g a r d o t h e r as a li;tr, unless and until o n e gives t h e , ,,thei" a,: occasion to cloubt his b o n a - o r - t h e m o r a l side .of m a n : I f the)' fi,lc,~ or until{.tlie one b'etrays signs n?-;uncl'~ a~erVslemif , , f l v i n g i n his word.~ and d e e d s . Tc 1 " - " ' a ~t(se ' a n d r e v i l e otlaers, n e v e r bet h e r e is a difference of o p i n i o n , - t h a t c-rues .imble souls, .tinless one is.: must be sacrificed o r Compromised justified in the Course h i : is a d o p t - "f0r the g o o d of all2 B u t J f . t , l ~ d i f i,~: But if the q u e s t i o n iniports.; f e r e n c e of o p i n i o n t o u c h e s t h i e v e r y wiw pe~ ple i!egard e a c h o t h e r mis- " Vital t h i n g s of life : i f - i t affects the taken then it b e c o m e s a l t o g e t h e r dif-- mental, n;0ral a n d SpirituM sides to ierent. It will r e s o h ' e tlwn into a f a r - r e a c h i n g e x t e n t , and if one l?artv is denvin~ a t r u t l a - w b i c h is t w . c a t e g o r i e s . V.iJ.her.the two difself 7 evident.: t h e n " it b e c o m e s the ferent ideas are t w o i n d e p e n d e n t roads to one a n d t h e salne conchl- o t h e r i~artv'to w a r n the first of the serious c o n s e q u e n c e s of their ill:ad' siam If that were so t h e n n o b o d y has a r i g h t t o re:Card t h e . o t h e r ms vised coui'sei " ~ T h a t w 0 u l d be tlae m o s t h u m a n and p r o p e r c o u r s e to ini.~talken for w h e n b o t h t h e r o a d s a d o p t I f w e do n o t - o f f e r o u r h e l p lead tt~ the s a m e o l a c e then b o t h are on a liar a n d i t does n0t beconae t o a blin'd-manl and if We do not s h o w h i m the w a y there is.a d a n ~ e r . one to b l a n l e the o t h e r , f o r t h a t w.nld surelx; c a u s e schism and dis- of his f a l l i i l g . i n t o t h e p i t , a n d before turhance. .But i f t h e difference of God a n d . h ' l a n w c are. acc0tm:table ,,piili0n pertains:- to the reality or for o u r - s h o r t s i g h t e d n e s s a n d dere.unreality of a t h i n g then I t h i n k fiction o f h m n a n d u t y . for. h i s fall evdrvlm~lv has a right to rdgard the w i l l ultimately affect u s ; s o | n s e p a r ~ii.~: of ~;thel ~ Lmistaken. for c 0 n t r a - a b h : c0nUected w e are : 0 n e t o - a n ,liction.~ can not be reconciled.: F o r .. 0fher; T h e o n h " .preCaution is that~ instance a nerson thiiiks t h a t there we do. not asstli{le the r01! of a men-. is such a t-hing~ as God. while t h e c t o r or a boss to b e c o m e o u r b r o t h ,,ther think~ flUtt tlwre is m, S u c h eCs-keener, in a w a y . f o r t h a t has thing as God. NoW in the n a t u r e of been .the.. bane. of a l l s u c h well-inthin~s you caniai~thelp th.inking0tll- tentioned Courses. : T h e r e : s h o u l d erwise.' Both iff.:these-statenients neither b e c o n t e m p t nor h a t r e d in can n o t b e true a t one and t h e - s a m e o u r w o r d s as well as a t t i t u d e w h i c h time.- O n e of flaem needs m u s t b e . should b r e a t h e :of - sincerity, s v m wr.n~ .lie wl~o believes in God patl{v, and fellow.feelin. That
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W h a l - i s real light? It is w h a t c o m e s d,awn from heaven and descends t q)ontl~e heart of a person, c . n s o l i n g and c o m f o r t i n g him. This. li.~ht seel~er a f t e r s a h ' a t i o n needs, for if one is n o t free from d o u b t he is not free from t o r m e n t , l i e w h o is deprived of d i v i n e vision here wilt also be w i t h o u t a n f l i g h t in the n e x t l i f e . T h e h01y -.~Vord savs i " H e w h . is blind in this life will 1)e 1)lind in the life to c o m e and his c ~ M i t i . n will t i e w o r s e t h a n b F f o r e . " S c a t t e r e d all , v e t the holy book w:e come across r e f e r e n c e s which tell us that God illumines t h e h e a r t s o'f: those w h o sieel/after-llis light, so m u c h ,sd t h a t they. Will be x'ouchsafed divine vision. I te.s,4y s that l i e w i W m a n i f e s t ]Iis m~ght a n d G l o r y u p o n t h e m : in a w a y t h a t .a!l m i g l ! t ; a m b worldls- ghWv Wi'll b e c o m e insignificant in t]~eir eyes. T h 6 s e are j t h e t h i n g s t h a t I I]iwe d i r e e t l r hear~'l~ from 1lira t h r o u g h H i s revelation to me. M y soul cried out t o me, T h i s is the w a y to reach and knokv H i m . a n d t h a t ; i s the. o n l y - w a y t o o v e r c o m e Sin. F~/r ;t:seeker a f t e r r e a l i t y a n d / t r u t h it is n e c e s s a r y tfiat he follows I t r u t h and reality. Suplmsitid/as, hypotheses,: and theories cannot avail u s a n y t h i n g in thi's p a i h . W e a1e w.itnesses o u r s e l v e s a n ' d we b e a r witness befrire all the w o r m ~hfit;,ve have' found this t r u t h - a ! M r e a l i t y t h r 0 n g h tl{e Holy Q u r a n . W e b e a r d / G o d ' s voice and we sa(+ tl.e mightY,, signs'~ff 1 ItS riCh't hand. the s a m e ' G o d w h 6 sent dowl this Q u r a n . W e are convinced that I le is th.e true God and tlel, is tlie M a s t e r of all the w o r l d s . \Ve. are sure i~f it as w e are sure o f tlie fact t h a t l a n d u n d e r w a t e r is s a t u r a t e d with it. It is with a certiiintv aml c0nx"icticm t h a t we invite o t h e r s to this t r n t h and light. A \ e haxe found thls:Tl r u e L i g h t wluch (hspels ;ill darkness. T h i s really m a k e s - u s cold to all U'oi'llly desires and riches, and t h i s i s the 0nly w a y hv which a man can p u r g e himself of all h n p u r i t i e s aim d a r k n e s s e s of tile ttesh. T h u s can lie get o u t of h i s self a i l d - l o w ilesires as a Snake g e t s Out of his m o u l t e d ski,n. ,. T h a t is the living faith: thatwe possess. T h e s e d i v i n g signs of:~ ~livi~ng f,a~:tli "tre denied to the p1"esentda, Chr, s t m m t v . 0 t h o u g h t h e p r o m i s e is-there .ili the gospels. T h i s is just pn'mfising someihink~ to o u r ea~s and denvln.~ it to btlr hope. Chr'istianity is dead. dead tO all intents and .purposes, for it d o e s not .~ive us anv]i~ing promise. ]:or itr~ p r o o f it onl)) takes us back. \ V h a t ~s tlie Use ,~f a religion t h a t onh" offers us stori'~s from the p a s t and lms no ready. thing i n t h e . p r e s e n t " T h i s is. What we m e a n b y the d e a t h of a religh~l;. If we ~_annot ,~et an x ~ h i n g n o w w h a t c a r e we for the pas~t. N O sign of life.in. Claristianitv ii0w 3 we a r e n o t ' c h i l d r e n t o he a m u s e d and plea'seal with t h e ' f a b l e s ; "l.et the dead past l m r v its d e a d , Xv~ a r e in the living _ present. (_'ome, give us s o m e t h i n g nonr'ishin~ and lifegiving which can . sustain o u r life n,~w. T h e e a r l y f;ithers had t h e thin~-: whx: c a n ' t we have it n o w ? T h e lWt'sel)t will lirove the p a s t o r w e shall h a v e to discard it as a useless thm~. ~ \ \ ''e don ' t need hfeless heirh~onis~. . 2~,way with it, "" ~ " ... ;ire its the b r e a d of life or b e g o u e and be forever f o r g o t t e n .
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want t - f,~lh;w this one tcachitlg of .Jesus and neglect his others. \Vii)" do.tlicv hSve m o r e than one stilt of. clothes, an~ ~crip or coin : w h y is it that they m a r r y or drvorce: wily l., it t h a t they are tbink, ing , f m o r r o w this very discussion of future TIIE MosLEM S U N R I S E w a r s and {heir a t t i t u d e t o w a r d s it smacks: of tliought of: thel m o r r o w ? Let them be consistent in.their attittide and let t h e m llve a C h r i s t i a n X,. ::)\~,,1. ~ April, 16:214 life :~s lesus t:ttt~bt it. Chari.ty.l~e" ging at" liome. " I3ef0re tliey g o ottt telling otliers w h a t t h e y should or BE MOSLEMS ANDDEFEND : s h o U l d not do let thcnl tlrst be true . AMERICA to Jesus. L e t them~ be frank. \Ve . A g . o d deal of c o n t r o v e r s y is go- "are addressing here the Christian inff o n oll the p u l p i t as well as in ministers Who w a n t to be pacifists tile lwess.about the future course of " at au3 ~ cost. As to those w h o Want American policy in connection with t o be patriotic as w e l l a s Christian r the war.- There. are certain organ- we sav.~'our object is:very laudable, izati~ms whose p u r p o s e , as we read bnt 3,on can uot be true Christian. them,.is to ndvise America to ini- Jesus absolutely, forbade war, b u t tiatc a policy 6f absolute peace and y o u r patriotism requires t h a t you ileclare against a l l kinds Of w a r . s h o u l d . b e iii the f o r e f r o n t of those. .~olnc cx'en go so far as to a n n o t l l l c e __~O a r e willing to lay down their iheir intent'ion 0f. refusing t o bear lives: for t h e sake Of t h e i r country: , a'rms even i n case . o f a defensive Jesus r tea6hing is on13~ m e a n t for the : war. \Ve. are not to discuss here recluses an,;1 hermits:, w h o liave " the merits of. t h e q u e s t i o n o n e - w a y n o t h i n g to do Witli this life, w l i o . r t h c other, for ours is a non-p01it- s c o r n life a n d all t h a t it stands for. icat religions paper. I f we say anv- I f Jesus could h e . w o u l d h a v e enthin.~ t i l a t - i s from purely I r e l i g i 0 u s forced tlle doctrine of Castration on poitl:t of :view. \,Ve a r e ' c o n c e r n e d a wh01esal~ Scale. and, t h e r e would here with pulpit, the Christian p u l - ; have. been a n end" tO t h i s t h r i v i n g . lilt. we m e a n . Of Course w e can and l i v i n g w o r l d a s w e see it:t0day. easily u n d e r s t a n d the position o f You w a n t t o live, .and it is on this tho.q~, who Want t o h a v e J e s u s first, condition t h a t you would a l l o w the T h e v w a n t t o b e ' o u t of w a r a t a n y world to live. ':'But J e s u s : s a y s resist cost~ because J e s u s ' s a i d : R e s i s t n o t not evil. H e n c e y o u will have to Evil. T h e i r attitude is perfectly stop all.this tall taik of Christianity understandable. Jesus i t was w h o and fall into line with Islam, which said that if you are smitten on the says and c0tnmaild~ F i g h t a g a i n s t ri.~ht cheek.vot, t are to turn )-our left t h o s e w h o fight against you; b u t ex:d'so.-and if ~'tn3 onetai~es a w a y votlr .ceed notlthe limit. .If yon h e s i t a t e c,mt w)u m i g h t wilffl g o o d ' g r a c e to declare yourself forl I s l a m for hated over y o u r tr0t'tsers-as well. some obvious_reason, then rest asThose Who w a n t to f o l l o w Jesus s h r e d t h a t by ) ' o u r practice y o u are through thick and thin are abso- end0rsin~ an Islamic principle and 'lu{ely justifie d in refusinff t o - b e a r r e j e c t i n g Christianltv just in t h e arms evell.in self-defence, for did same way a s vou have been discardh e . i m t say that those who li~'e bY ing o t h e r saiient points of Chris; the sword d i e b v the sword. T h i s tianitv in favor'of Islamic principles, is plain logic, bttt we fail to Under- l)ut you a r e too proud to admit it. stand why iS it that t h e s e g e n d e m e n Any(~'ay the yictory is f o r Islam,

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case of hardened criminals we find that they do not look upon their h a n d i w o r k as . ~ , 1 in e v e r y case. T h e r e are times w h e n t h e y are filled' witli r e m o r s e at their o w n misdeeds. ..\ thief or a r o b b e r may tal~e actual pleasure in the thin~, b u t t h e y never like the ~ idea that Hae.v m a y be similarly despot.led of their spoils. T h i s state we never filld in t]~e case qf a r i g h t e o u s person, l i e can never r e h e a t of w h a t h e h a s d m ~ e or hewt~uh'l never he displeased at the idea t h a t the lte0_nle should, do the same thin~ t o w a r d s him.. A p p r e c i atiotl 0f sinfulness, if,there is really st!h a thit~.~, is a l w a y s linlited lyetime and pl,~ce but t h e usefulness Of ~ood is universal and . u n l i m i t e d . F o r instance the d o e r - o f right will have the satis.faction t o k n o w t h a t . he is d o i n g the right riling, and he will a h v a v s like t h a t o t l a e r s should do the s91~ie thing. Evil untler certriin mental conditflms and d u r i n ~ "the a c t of commissioi~ ma;c be re"~ .~'arded as not a bad t h i n g by a deffenerate but he is never of the same ,,pinion u n d e r all c i r c u m s t a n c e s and a t all times. ITtter legenerate m a y he-all exception.~to this rule, bfit we ehm't despair cif man. :Sometimes? u n d e r g r e a t p r o r o c a t i n n people h a v e exhibited such signs of d e g e n e r a c y , b u t t h i s is only a teml~orary aberration o f m i n d . - A !~ealthy mind has never t h o u g h t like th~at. It is said t h a t as sin is h e r e d i t a r y and-can betra]lsndtted:frnm generation to '~elier,'itinn.whv, it is no sin at all. \ V h a t c~tnllot !~~ efffiCed is -~ no sin. I t is a .~oi't of instinct, YoU " caq't hel l) d o i n ~ i t I t is no s i n . t o feel h u n g e r and thirst, s o . i t : i s n n sin t o Sin. for we ate not fi'ee a g e n t s Hlere. W h a t cannmt be c u r e d m u s t b e : endured. I f sin cannot" be o m i t t e d w h a t a b o u t those ~ener~ttitnlS tlmt precede/d th% Con'lfll~ of _Tesus?. W h a t a b o n t tlmse n r o p h e t s ; a n d the righteous folk :who Pas~ed hefore I e s u s ? Is Al~raham a. sinher a n d an inmate of l-iell? .qurelv thnt is not. 6r s h m d d tlot-be the hel i e f o f any': G o d - f e a r i n g person. Y e t

if he is not a sinner, then, surehthere ix no use for this vicari,,u's sacrifice. It is 1)reposterous to thinktllat a - s i n g l e m i s t a k e of A d a m I~e s,o nianifold in i t s incidence as f0 ~ v e r s h a d o w .all h u m a n - a c t i v i t i e s . vet his l i f e - l o n g v i r t u e s and righteous living s h o u l d b e alt0geHaer cons i d l e d to total oblivion. \ V h a t a ti'avestv 4~f h u m a n i t y ! .Is i t n o t a fact t h a t A d a m had "repented of his sin aud G o d had accepted h i s rem o r s e f u l p r o m i s e 6 f reform ? Did he nr~t die a r i g h t e o u s s e r v a n t o f God?. Gc,od or bad can alway.-s l~e.jud~ed as a whoie. Y o u c a n nex.,er judge a p e r s o n f r o m his isolated Word 9r deed. T o say! t h a t r e p e n t a n c e rann o t . t a k e a w a y the n a t u r a l consequences of o n e ' s action.~ c a n n o t he a d v a n c e d by. a believer, i n Atonem e a t . few ii; shire o f t h e i r ' b e l l e f in the death of J e s u s no true and faithrid ('hri~lian ha~ ever been able t6 e s c a p e the n a t u r a l consequ6nces of his a c ~ o n s . TTe is nnt. a wh~t beth,r tli~m ~~thers w h o d o u ' t believe ;il th;,: l~n:rti~'u!:,r dt~etrine: J~s to the ,,~ho,-ax-~,rhl and t h e R~de'ment o f bur deeds.-,~ogd a n d b a d . Whvi re~e,~tonce ~s as t,c~d, if not more. as this .~heddin~ rff..innnCent hlcind to appease an. r~ffended deitv. ( T o he cmatinued. )
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heavt.n, they call lhe g,Sl~cl s t - r i c s it p h m g e d the wlmle Rom)tn world m y t h s , and they regard the L'hris- into the a b y s m a l d a r k n e s s of the tian Scriptures }ts mere plagiarisms dark ;tries. " E u r o p e begafi to took" of the B a b y l o n i a n . Chahlean, E g y p b r i g h t when it c~tst off the old shacktian and G'reek writings. B u t - w i t h les , f C h r i s t i a n i t y and b e g a n to all that we hear of C h r i s t i a n i t y ou b r e a t h e more IreeJv'. So the progi;tll hands. W e w o n d e r w h a t ~t is. ress o f - t h e \ \ r e s t is not o w i n g to Even t h e s e called t e a c h i n g s of teCh-ristianit~- lint in spite .of it. We sus which is a v e r y fluid f o r m u l a are. : q u i t e a g r e e With hini t h a t rel!gion but the old t e a c h i n g s taken from hag m u c h to sa{. in tlie mMter-,ff the p r o p h e t s and o t h e r sacred writ-. w o r l d l y progress, and s o c i a l amity. ers. A n y w a y . w e ::re n o t . c o n c e r n e d but w e a r e c o n s t r a i n e d t o -rctnm'l~ w i t h these points at present, lle tliat the religion o f Iris t h i n k i n g has says, " f l o w then comes the fact . . . . been tried, and found w a n t i n g . Isthat I s l a m i c countries in the m a i n lain has p r o v e d its w o r t h and sli]l have -wretched g o v e r n m e n t s , and : a w a i t s its O p p o r t u n i t y . . are c r u m b l i n g a w a y before Chris=. ' Religion deals with eternal veritian p o w e r s ? " Tile a n s w e r i s - v e r v ties. Its function is the betterment simple. B' e c a u"s e m s t e a d of a c t i n ~ " " . . o f humai'V m i n d a n d h m n a n nature. u p o n the true p r i n c i p l e s of Islam T h e w o r k i n g s of h u m a n nature all t h e y b e g a n to act u p o n the 0bsolete dou!n the centuries have exhibited C h r i s t i a n doctrine of n o n - r e s i s t a n c e the same tendencies and t h e salne of evil, I n s t e a d of p u t t i n g and i n c l i n a t i o n s . Details m a y a l t e r a n d k e e p i n g their house in order, and differ b u t the e t e n m l veri'ties remain their h o m e de/ences perfect a n d the same. H e n c e t h e r e m t l s t be fin, complel~e they let .thitigs .haVe .their aliti" a n d fixity in t h o s e principles o w n w a y an'd w e r e easily sedui:ed of "conduct w h i c h hax;e ever reb y - t h o s e w h o t h e \ wei~e iold t o be mained t h e same. I t "is absurd to Sl'~eeially c a u t i o u s ' o f . T h e s o - c a l l e d .look for cliange in t h e s e things. It.. Christian p o w e r s h a V e succeeded l~e- .is o n l y the libertines i o wh0nl all recause t h e y bade good;, by'e to the stricti0ns seem a w k w a r d t h a t adteakliings o f Christianity, a n d i n . i t s vance' such nleas. O t h e r w i s e hu-:l place a d o p t e d tlle saner "print}iples-of m a n n a t u r e 1-aas: had sufficient time lslam. T h e trend of all modern-legis- : to e x h i b l t its t r u e self. " \ V e have l a t i o n is t o w a r d s Islamimu a n d not come a c r o s s a n y v a r i e t y or vara w a y f r o m Chrisfianit+. W e need. ient. Stich a l o n g experience exnot into the details." Tlie:l~iws of t e n d i n g o v e r so m a n y thousand m a r r t a g e a n d divorce, social e q u i t y y e a r s i s a .~Ufficient guide. If Air. a,nd h u m a n dealin..~S, w a r and p e a c ' e - Mcilon~; h a d shoxvn h'nv variant.one ~re all a replica of. Islam and the tli.~- c, mld c o n s i d e r h i s view0oint. There..,,dard o f . Cliristianitv...l~'fr. M o l o n v .fi~re-it is an imbecile a r g u m e n t e'will note a.slrikfliff-contrast between a.~ainst finality: - T h e r e - n m s t he l!is C h r i s t i a n i t y if h e cares t o read some f i n a l i i v , o r tliere e v e r Would and studt- hi~torv. .The'first M o s - h e confusion. Repeated-experi~ I n s were the torch bearers of fight m e n t s in the selfsame t h i n g which .'~nd leatmiilg and s o l o n g as the. have a l w a y s p r o v e d the s a m e restltt r Moslem i nations abided b y the " i.~ a perfec~ .~uide t l i a t i t is time we Lteachings 0f their religion t h e . v w e r e , g a v e u p " t l i i s c.ant and h3,pocrlsy - the m a s t e r s of the w o r l d . As soon and look to the a c t n a t facts. as t h e y b e g a n to slacken, their hold Mr. M o l o n v p e r h a p s f o r g e t s that ~ u p o n the world b e g a n to slacl~en IMam does "not a p p r o v e .of any" too. T h a t s t a n d s a s a stranR'e con- 0riestlv class, nor is t h e r e any. in 'trast with the primitive and ~origi- Islam." I f a t h i n g is abused it never "i hal Christianity; I n s t e a d of b r i n g . " " . m e a n s t h a t the " ' . itself ts bait. " tlung: " -- ing light to the R o m a n civilisation . F o o d and w a t e r a r e . - - g o o d thing ~

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I t is o b j e c t e d t h a t if tile b o d y of Jesus. when t a k e n d o w n f r u m ' t h e cross, w a s in f a c t - a phle, g h a s t l y , rigid c o r p s e , it c o u l d no m o r e c o m e t,J life t h a n a n y o t h e r d e a d b o d y . A n d it is s a i d , s u p p o s e his t h r o a t h a d been c u t from e a r to ear, o r t h a t he had bee:i actually, d e c a p i t a t e d , a n d all his veins a n d a r t e r i e s e m p t i e d of .life's c u r r e n t s c o u l d he r e s u r r e c l Ifimself? D i d he r e s i t r r e c t himself, if not, w h o d i d i t ? O r s u p p o s e t h e b o n e s of his legs h a v e been L O R E N Z H. \XrlIITNEV. h r o k e n on t h e c r o s s as w e r e tlte legs . f the t h i e v e s , Could he h a v e a v a l k e d . until t h e y hail b e e n set a n d 3[oSt p e o p l e , do n o t k n o w how bandaged and grokvn togethe( n e a r l y i m p 0 s s i b l e it i s f 0 r a Chris:,-gain? I l o w al~out t h a t . . . . A t i a n to t u r n t h e 2X[ohatnmedan mintl. h e a l t h v y o u n g nlan w i t h a b u n d a n t Mohammedanism not only embraces vitalitY; . . . . could survive the a l a r g e pa.rt o f th-e e s s e n t i a l doca g o n i e s o f tl~e c i - o s s . t w o o r thi-ee : t r i n e s of C h r i s t i a r f i t y , b u t als0' a c d a y s , a n d S o m e t i m e s even f o u r d a y s . c e p t s . C h r i s t . ;is a p r o p h e t . They" J e s u s w a s on t h e c r o s s on137 a b o u t m e r e l y s a .y t h a t ~ I o h a m m a d w a s a t h r e e h o u r s , a n d w a s d e a d as t h e l)1:9phet w h o c a m e a f t e r C h r i s t . . s o l d i e r s t h o t t g h t , even ' b e f o r e t h a t SAMUEL CROWTtIER. q u e s t i o n a b l e t h r u s t of t h e spent'. I n fact, John i s t h e o r i l y s p e r s o n w l l o DENTAL ARRANGEMENT m a k e s that a s s e r t i o n . . . . P,ut there is no s t a t e m e n t by" M a r k . o r "There shall b e w e e p i n ' and .lc,lln; o r l . u k e , o r M a t t h e w , t h a t w a i l i n ' and g n a s h i n ' o f t e e t h . " exa n y o n e , as a gtmrd, r e m a i n e d a t tliat p o u n d e d t h e c o l 0 u r e d e v a n g e l i s t to ; * tc - ' ~.q sepulcllre that Friditv night..... !us a u d i e n c e , O11, m a h goodne.s., I he n e x t d a y . S a t u r d a y , b e i n g 1 assc t h a t l e l s m e , m r . " ' w a i l e d . a n old , w e t , w a s a holiday, w i t h t h e Jexx;s. l a d y in t h e f r 6 n t p e w . " A h ain'l~. Nobody all t h a t S a t u r d a y was got no teeth." w a t c h i n g the t o m b . . - . .Syncope l e e t h .l. tah r r e p h e d t h e evanm a y h a v e s e i z e d J e s u s w h e n suffer- .,~elist," will be f u r n i s h e d ' free of i n /m t h e cross. T h a t c n u n t e r f e i t c h a r g e b y t h e niana.~ement." ~-ff d e a t h h a s m i s l e d m a n y . a n d m a y h a v e m i s l e d t h o s e : w a t c l ~ i n g .the J E W S .. A. N .D . M O S L E M S . . crucifixion. M o r e o v e r . - t h e s o l d i e r s l:or Cel{tttries M o l m m m e d a n s and on t h e w a t c h w e r e l i a r s a n d b r i b e Jews h a v e b r e d t(~gether a m i c a b l y . . t a k e r s , if t h e stora, t o l d of t h e m be true. " T h e y .took a ] a r g e sum of : T h e l e a r t a e d : M a i m 0 n i d e s lived pro. .. gm o n e y , " it is said, a n dl fo r g e ~ . t n e ne . .t e.c t. e .d . in E-, y p t., p e a.c e f u l l y : transt .. .. . " t h a t l~is d i s c i p l e s , ": . . . . . l a t l n g t h e G r e e k 1)hllos0nliers lnlo c a m e n.v m g n t ,-area ' l I enre V~ s a l"e " r o m' L l i r"ls t tlallS T , " "~' . " "hat ,., - , ... ", I s t o l e hhn away. w n n e t h e y slept.',. : m i g h t l m v e b u r n e d h i m , a n d al.o ( T h i s s e e m s a b s u r d , liecause, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e ~ R 0 l n h n l a w fo s l e e p , f r o m his c o r e l i g i o n i s t s in S p a i n that" e x c o m m u n i c a t e d :hinr as in tile L o ~ L cm g u a r d w a s a c a p i t a l c r i m e . A g a i n lands "they exconinmnicated Spinthe r e p o r t of his d e a t h i s : a l s o b a s e d , o z a , t h e g r e a t e s t J e w . upon the r e p o r t ff t h e c e n t u r i o n . ARTH.~JR ~JRISBANF. . . I * . , .

]:-d.) . . . T ! l e r e is a p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t sy'ncope o r f a i n t i n g t e r m i n a t e d h i s - s u s p e n s i o n on t h e cross2 . . . T h e r e m u s t h a v e been f r o m sixtecrr to t w e n t y h o u r s . f r o m t h e t i m e the storm w a s r o l l e d to t h e d o o r Of the t o m b , a n d t h e a r r i v a l of t h e s o l d i e r s : \ r i d ill t h o s e iaours t h e r e w a s time e n o u g h for t h e d ! s c i p l e s , if t h e y saw fit.-to, r e m o v e t h e b o d y , a n d tu rem o v e it w i t h o u t d e t e c t i o n . F u r t h e r more,: th.ere w a s t i m e e n o u g h f - r J e s u s tn r e c o v e r frail1 a s y n c o p e , if t h a t h a d g-iven b i n ) t h e a p p e a r a n c e of death.

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REVIEWS writer in his theorising. Says the Spirit and Struggle of Islam auth6r ,ff Dafi-ul-llalaa. "(;-'d-has is a Small b~ok , f ablaut 1,~0 parses told me t h a t Clu'istianitv is dead Ily Prof. T. L. Vaswani." The l'ro- and the sn called gospels of lestrs fessor, a non-Moslem hinrself, has are dead and ilnperfect teacliinffs. the courage of conviction to come \Vhat has t h e living to do with the forth and salute Muha.mmad as one dead? No peace with the so-called of the greatest benefactors of hu- Christianit, y. T h a t is all .trash and manity. T h e professor wants to see a fairplay on the l)art-of Iris 1 lindu coreligi~:nists and he is.bm~adnlinded perfect and complete except the llc~ly word of God, the Ouran.'s and generous eno~k~h to see Islam l'lsewhere says t h e s a m e orientalist in its true'light. 1 le is fi'al.~k enough to admit that ]slalli has given t'he. "'1 le,tilailned"to be t h e Mahdi: xvllr~ : ik i-e.~arled as the llrecursor of tlie world- a religion witl~out priests, abolished infa~lticide, enjoined total -Mc~siall, b u t b y a development abstinence from'drink, emt~hasizin~ which d o e s not cJccur elsewhere ih the g r e a t qualities~ of~ f'titli,,. Courage,,,, M-uslim theology., he i~lcl2tifi,t~dTth, e endurance, and self-sac'rifice. Islam, Mahdi with the Messiah. " . . lus he s a y s . , introduced-a vigorous purl- shows as if the aut-lior fias studied tanism into Europe. I s l a m accord- lhe Moslem t h e o l o g y thoro{tghhing to him ~ms been o n e o f - t h e - n a t Z ],ut. .j.u.st to . .show that-the wrlter, " " ~ ... " ..... "" is ionalizinff fprces in Indifi. It has o n l y fictloninff and no functioninff, enriched t l l e a r t : and. architecttire, " we submit that t h e r e .is. a well the poetry and p h i l 0 s 0 p h v , of India. " k.llOWn tradition ill Kanzul Amlnaal If some of the Christian missionaries" xx'lilcli says. "l.a Mahdi" ?ilia Easa' " and their elu]~es had even a hundredth which means th,'it.~lahdi and Mes- eft the sympathy. of :1 . c'rof. \'aswani the siah a r e ni3t ~:xx-cidifferent" things. world would have b e e n altogether This isabC, ll t tht~ scholarship of the different:, fl'lae bocJk i t well l;1-inted writer.: As t o the ffeneral Hleme . f and in handy p0:cket form. It Can l l l e l ~ o - k all = t h e x('riter has t o ' s a y b.e had Of the author or the p u b - -~ thr!t thcu~gh :the demal|ds.of the hshers Messrs. Ganesh & Co. I'ast are f i l o . ~ l c a l a n d irrational hut MadraS. illdia. The price is.Re. 1=8 .the Europbal~ sho~ild-make concesor about 50 cents, sions s i m p l y becau.% the F.ast is a n ulareasonahle child. I t would ha\~-" Islam a t t h e C r o s s R o a d s . B y D . been lllUCh better if the child li:td L. O'Learv. D.D. " It is supposed to not had a. foretaste of the Eurol)ea|| be an ind~spensablb bool for those Meas of i i b e r t v . a n d equality, f t c who wish to amderstand tile proh= lems which c o n f r n n t the Furonean -says it is Eurol~e's own faul(. Yol ln" 1Hs deahn,.s. . . . . . ,~wJth t-he. Ea.t,~ m. In-. ~ lay n e v e r expect~ justice. a n d fair-, lrom" . ha. Persm, ~..,vpt..qvrla, etc. Like. p t e fol!oxxeL of the cross. all books on the-F.'ast by the so "C The K o r a n . P,v George Sale. \ called Orientalists it i s fUrl Of a i r y :new -ninth edition" of this book i s ~,n nothings, fancies run wild. based oil lhe m a r k e t . , l t is l~rouffht Out by nothin.~ substantial anil factual, hut " the J. R . . L i p p i n c o t t Company ~;f mere hearsay and ffrand theories. -Pifil~delphia. It it a n i c e h a n d v . ' v o l As an .it!stanCe in point w e take the rune, well got up, paper, pr~nt~nfft a t e m e n t of the a u t h o r that ]"a.. and hindinff, all ex-tremeh, well a r ~ e part . of Mirza Ghulam Ah- done - -~\s to :thesul)'ec t m a t t e r t i1 : , . . . , J c r o a d s teaching amwd at-a reci-;~cili- translation is. the 0id o n e ' b v S,'ih, ation of Christianity and Islam." a l l d h e n c e it has the impress'of the ~\re quote the wnrd.~ of the Prom, early.fifties cif t h e eighteenth Cellised M'essiah ~imself-.~ this paint fury When the knowiedge of Islam to show how wide of the mark is the was v e r y meagre and almminahly The
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BUYING AND SELLING mi.icading and 1)e it s;tid tot tilt: cr,,lir d r S a l e that he did-~ometlain~ All the g r e a t teachers and propht )!ift up this veil- of i g n o r a n c e to a c t s of G o d - t a n g h t . g o o d t h i n g s in t'crfaill extent, although lie could nc>t their owfl d a y and their o w n w a y . t,,t;tllv free himself from the general Jesus, peace "be with his Soul, did :ttm,,sl)here of his times. T h e r e are the s a m e thi~tg. H e t a u g h t life and, lI(3W on tile n l a r k e t m o r e t h a l i o n e n o t death. H e n e v e r t a u g h t that,. tr~mslations b y tim Moslems t:heln- p e o p l e should nlerelv believe i n his seh-t.s..and it xx-ouhlhave b e e n filuc'h death and the\; woui~l be s a v e d . H e better i f the imblishers have h a d . e m p h a s i z e d fife and a rebirth, t t e this tran.~lation revised u n d e r ttie n e v e r t a u g h t flie u n h o l y idea o f - m a n li~hi of. the latest lml'lications on b e i n g b0~il in sill. [te. r e m i n d e d tllL: .~ubje6t.. : Hoxxever. 'that be. if m a n of t h e high e s t a t e f l m t is his. ,I,,eg not nlueh lake. a w a y froln tile a n d t h e sublime de~tinv t h a t he is vahle . o f the b o o k as.Sit is n o w created forl . P,ut t h e "present day l,rinted-al~d sold at a i-err reascm-. C h r i s t i a n i t y is o u t - . 0 f t o u c h wit[i al,le"price ;f N . 0 0 per copy. W e real l i f e a n d t h e . miilisters and rt.c~mllneH(l it to those Who are i n t e a c h e r s of this religion instead of -terested in the c o m p a r a t i v e studies t e a c h i n g the real t e a c h i n g o f J e s u s i,f religions. are g i v i n g m e n the c o m m a n d m e n t s -of luen. O n e can c a r r y o u t h u m a n N o t e s on:. I s l a m . Bv Sir Anain .Itm.~'.. i t is a little bo'~k- or as t h e . r d i n a n c e s p r o v i d e d t h e y are g o o d author calls it hinIself Brief N o t e s for h u t n a n i t v i n g e f i e r a l . But we i,mcllin~ on various aspects of I s : w o n d e r - W h a t w o u l d t h e doctrine lain. T h e N o t e s indicate a c o m p r e of Jesus" v i c a r i o u s sacrifice do to hensive s t u d y of- lshun and o t h e r rethe t o i l i n g - a n d .suffering hunianitv. l i g i o n s a n d " t b e .vitrious schools of T h e y w a n t life and not deatil, it th0uglat. T h e w r i t e r is at pains to is t t s e l e s s to t e l l tliem t h e y have set f~Jrth tllat Islaju. s h o u l d not b e been " l m n g h t With- the bl0od" of confimnded with Hie M n h : h n m a d - " ~ . . . . . . . . . . .

lie.saYs i t i s I s l a I n i a h m e : t h a t e x actli- ~onforlus~ t i ) t h e m o d e r n scientilic" ideas. Yet we regret t o . s a y : lliat we couhl not exactl'v' f0110@,tli'e :,lttllni" when he. says " t t m [ " T ? u e Cliristianitv is b u t t r u e I s l a m writ lar.,,,e or ~]'rue Islaln is but ' t r u e Christianity w r i t .large." I f ' h e nle:uls that: Islani is a c~mtinuation -f t h e r e l i g i 0 n t a u g h t by l e s u s the p r o l ~ h e t - a n d a consuni~uation andI i perfecticin of i t as well as of a l - t h e r religions of tiie w o r l d xi'e are :tt ~,lle with h i l u . for this view is in c(mf0rnlitv. With facts, hut if he ile-m~ -an'vthin~ . e l ~ e - w e be,~ to str,)ngly dissociate frcnn Iron? .-%n.vw:tv we s t r o n g l y reconmaend this l,c,;k which can be lidd.fronI P r o b s . thain & C0.. 41 G r e a t Rus.4el Street. P,ritish .'xlnseum. Lol~don. \V. C. 1; .l:.ngland. B y the . w a y . ..-Messrs. l'robstliain deal. ill all sorts of Imc,ksl -.

,t ; tllelu . na to ~e . . . s ," , ..s.,. ... \~ Ii.v: dul)e t h e n r wltll la)se nopes and prolnises?. People d o n ' t stand .iil need of l e s u s : death 'sO m u c h as his lifel But where is that life?. Not in t h e " g o s p e l s ; . A. few w o r d s of beatitudes as contained in the Sernlon o n t h e M o u n t s e r v e n 0 u s e f u l purpose. T h e r e n l a y :1~e q~JllIC recluses and e u n u c h s t h a t ." "" ln~ght' h.v e them, but the o r d i n a r y W~rkaday li.~' nee.ds s o u i e g r e a t ex-

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Tim Christian c h u r c h i s split between the Fundanienta_lists Who hold to the old old .Christian doctrines , f the Bible and the Modernists Who w a n t to see Christianity shorn of all its distinctive beliefs s u c h as the virgin bjrtll, i m m a c u l a t e conception, death, resur6ecti0n, and asccnsi-n , f lesus into heaven, and t h e off.gin;t] sin and the vicarious sacrifice . THE MUSLIM. : expressed in tlie COhlmonly known A m o n t h l y nmgazine in E n g l i s h , term atonement. W e - w o n d e r What tO uphold and maintain, t h e . l m n o r ,.the Modernists m e a n bv Christian:- Of /shun. I t !l)ublishes articles o, it3". I t takes aw~iv c h r i s t alt0gdtl~cr the message o f the Quran, the life of and withotlt Christ there can 1)e m~ t.he I I o ! y P r o p h e t M u h a m m a d , and-C h r i s t i a n i t y . . M e r e t e a c h i n g i s troth- boldly refutes all cahi'mnies against ing for t h a t iS aH 1)orro.wed. \ V i l l I s l a m . - I t a t t e m p t s tdlgive a clearer you Mume on borrowed featllers? It idea of God and religion generally. wouhl be i n t e r e s t i n K for bur. r e a d : Annual: subscril)tion post free ,;e,4:00 A p p l y to, ers to k n o w how tl~e Modernists- (foreign 10 shillings). v i e w the Fundamentalists. W r i t e s ' tlie h o n o u r a r a r y s e c r e t a r y -Anjuthe Christian Register of Boston in .man-i-Islam, No. 52. K e r b a n Road. - " its issue of J a n u a r y 17, 1924: ~'\Vlaen Singapore. the F u n d a m e n t d l i s t will{' llis reed i= eval d o g m a tells us either to believe PEACE w h a t he demands or get out of iris church, we s t a n d fasl~ and fell him ". A montlfly journal devoted to Islam to Iris face t h a t h i s God is not our and lslanfic Cullure." A.tmual. subScril~tion. inchiding postage, Rs J._~ im God, Iris Christ is. not our Christ: tfiat his doctrine is a deceit that cl~, - huM, 3s foreigm The cheapest monthly in India. conb a s e s its b e l i e v e r s . ' \Ve Will n~Jt get out. W e move on. l i e is the Cul- tainin.~ every month x;aluable articles pable cause of the conflict of Ihe from the peia of learned Writers. Sul)scription commences from - \ u pt~esent lmu r, and we. shall yet save the churclie~ from Iris false teach-," g u s t of ever3~`year. A p p l y : The Mandger Peace, P. O. nag. \Ve m u s t lmve f r e e d o m , ,~ve n l u s t have truth . . . . W e were Ramna. l).acca, l:lengal, P,r. lndi,'i. born as living souls; our duty is to be quickening spirits.".. Tile;... can P r o f . Russel of.the Princeton L'niand will have progress as well as x ' e r s i t y e s t i m a t e s the age of the trt!th," but !e t. tl!.em get; out . ,,f tile earth a t . t e n themsand million years rut ot U m ~" m m t ) :'-. I e t theft1 be and thinks ] llkelv tlutt life in ~soint t " ": "t ~ pure truth Seekers~ without being,, forni h a s eMsted l~ere for m o r e than shackled by t h e t r a d i t i o n a l C h r i s - , a billion vehr~. T h e s a m e authortianity. T h e Sun. Of /slam has itv viewinff the complexity o f the arisen in the W e s t and befdre long cosmos concludes" t!mt it is mare they will see his life-q'iving rays if aged "by aft intellige!lc'e that we .they onh. kent their minds open. m a y wei'l term as persofial."
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I)r. Mufti Mttlmmumd*-Sadiq, a f tcr a long voyage around the world; is l,assing through our city ; sent by thc~l)r6pilet Mirza .GhUlam Abroad, he has c a r r i e d t h e good word into Africa, E g y p t , G e r m a n y aud England.- l i e has obtained a w o n d e r ful success. T h e sum t6tal of his omversions exceed-.700,000. The. ~i'eat prolihet Mirza lives at Qadian, 'amon.~:st: t h e l'unjabi a n d the tigers, at the foot of tile Himalayan ulountains and f o r t w e n t y years Muhammad ,qadiq has lived in his compa'ny. ([ ()nlv lXlulaammad S a d i q travels. le.is'dressed iu a long green tunic faced with rose silk, o f a grave couutenance with a beautiful b e a r d , wearing spectacles aud Softly spoken.. " . " . . - - " T h e enterprise of M u h a m m a d sadiq is vast, h e preaches the essenti:il virtues of Islam, and the prer ct,pts of Ghulam A h m a d which says : _ 1 have-been informed by c l e a r and fifll revelations t h a t I an~ the Promiscd Messiah and who came at the time appointe d b y God to revive and strdngthetf the weakening f~ith of Islam. And as e v e r y religion has its martyrs we venerate .there at OadJan t h e m e m o r y of Mauh'i Sved-Al): dal-LatiL stoned to deatli in ~Af~hanistan bvlthe priests of cabul, sh~wed ~'reat l{eroism f b r his.faith a n d ideal. . Tl~e,Prophet Glmlam A h m a d m a k e s m a n y . conversions daily, lie is t h e inspired- interpreter of the revealed law, the m0dern Christ, whose corning-was prophesied. H e i s . ~ l s o t h e one who h a s built a b r i d g e to save the people: from unbelief immorality mi.~ery and C o r r u p t i o n . . i - I e h a s m a d e ime thousand prophecies, and , p u b lished 80 books. T i l e prophecies h a v e heen flilfiiled and his books h a v e been read b v c o u n t l e s s r e a d e r s : T l i i s holy work "is in the care o f M u f t i Mubammad-Sadiq .who. t r a v e 1 s -around" t h e e n t i r e . ' w o r l d with his -: lm~s, and hiscloak. I am sure that the soul of the Mufti is peaceful and
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happy. It shows so from belfind his spectacles and from the quiet tone of his voice, ltis ideas are beautiful and to. be praised. Mulmmmad Sadiq considers t h a t religious move like !roman beings xvj'h the times. Oue lnust give tlp.,-~, t h e ideas and believe Xx:itt{ all 0t~s strength in the n e w propheL for the latest p r o p h e t is ahvavs the true one. It' is accordiug t o this strong b e l i e f that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and hi~ messeuger Muhanunad Sadiq is able to c o n v e r t p e o p l e of their o w n free will. T h e y are helped with a little money b u t principally with wise counsel. T h e religion that they spread is not the o l d Islamic faith wbich admitted no one except Moslems ifi the mosque btlt the progressive Mosletn faith. " " " " If Christ -h a s stud, g*T u r n 3"our left cheek wlien they strike y o u on the right," Gbulam ~\bmad replies; "No, no, i ~ y o u ai'e struck d e f e n d yourself with all y o u r might." "Do not drink."-he.adds, "alCohol leads men to evil thoughts. .You mav divorce if y 9 u are not happy in marriage and y o u mav pbssess several wives, big-ainy being n.ot thus an offence." T h e s e . , a r e the. great ideas Of the progressive Muslim faith. They m a y be ,-idapted t0 all peoples. In America w e possess a magazine foi" -one dollar per ye/~r t o propagate t h e hlessings of the new law- I t may b e remarked that ill this country of America a religion is as it were ad-: vertised to the public as a new brand of bootblacking, but this does not detact or i o w e r i n any way tlie faith. M u h a m m a d Sadiq pnly hopes : f o r peace: and goodwill a m o n g s t men.: H e has extolled his faith' at conference: in Paris, L o n d o n . . C h i ca~o and iflsewhere. If the prmctples of the old M u s l i m religion have been e n l a r g e d upon, the ritual has never been.changed. It is still the ,same prayer repeated five t i m e s d a i l y ; : i n 7 positions and facing the East,. : . prayer . . . . T h e proffressive Muslim faith is represented at London and Chicago
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:ts the "Saviour of mankind. \Vhrn" .~htmhi we expect tu .'-ee fair play at the hajads of the worshipers o f ' t h e lalllb:'

I]loritv she exercises . v e r many Muslim p e o p l e s . Mufti M u h a m 3Ir. 15. I". F. ll. savs in the Alosnmd, the hoh- man has also o t h e r h,iJifl'orht t h a t Christemhml blinks Impes fro: t h e future, lie e m b a r k s at immm'alitv. Whilst / s l a m ha's legF r i d a y on t h e M a l o r a of the. P. & alized it bY" permi.tting p o l y g a m y . O. to return t o his h o m e l a n d there \\'ell; if t h a t is so let liim l~r=.,;t a~-at Qadia'n, at the foot Of the I I i m a - .cuse God wh~i has m a d e man l)olyglayas, t h e land ~f the etm:nal snows. alllOllS I)V n a t u r e aml then. by conn i v i n g at d e s t r u c t i v e wars lie has Petit Marsdllais, " t m d u l v swelled thc~ r a n k s ,ff the \Ved., 7 Nov., 1923. females o v e r the males. [ think lle o.uffht to h a v e so designed that the T h e r e is a learned Christian inis- excess ~f females s h o u l d have I)een s i o n a r v w h o c l a i m s ti~ be an a u = e i t h e r elimiua.ted o r . t u r n e d i n t a divine eunuch.4 or laerm:q)hrodites. t h o r i t 5, on I s l a m and Moglems. H e has written b o o k s entitled ) i r a b i c He shGuld first c o r r e c t divine misThought attd I t s Place in Hidtorl, and takes and then turn iris a t t e n t i . n to Islam. "l'lle c4u]niving of. ChristenShort History of the Fathnide [Chali- dora at this immorality is a proof fate, etc. This saz'ant says t h a t the -positive of the fact that h m u a n haP r o p h e t M u h a m m a d o r his early successors had no intention of carrx'- t u r e cann,~t be repressed by the ing tim religion of Islam b e y o n d tile s h o r t s i g h t e d , restrictiuns , f man. coiafines of the A r a b s or Arabia. A J e s u s preferred castr;tticm t , ma!' rm.~-e. W h a t does b e t h i n k fff .thar?wonderful s t a t e m e n t . . p r o c e e d i n g as .' it does from a g r e a t a u t h o r i t y cm Isl~am :and this s t a t e m e n t inust be true if it cduld be s u h s t a n t i a t e d . l w facts.. Alas for ntlr[ missionarY" friend, we could not |lild ,'t single fact t h a t w o u h l b e a r him o.ut. Ttle holy Q u r a n tells the pral)het t h a t I l l e is a messenger f o r arid to all mankind. Moreover he/is told to conr'cv his message to all. and he lind f o write epistles w h e r e he c o u l d not reach himself s o as he m a y ' c a r r y ~mt t h e d i v i n e behest. As" t4~ his early successors t h e y carried, t h i s divine m e s s a g e to ]he East and \ V e g t from the Atlailtic to the rem o t e s t Pacific on the Chinese shores. 31"ay b e o u r m i s s i o n a r y friend does not r e g a r d them as facts. /p, nt w h a t has herto s;tv to t h e - m e s sage of the man wh,~ said that he r,'as sent only foJ" the lost sheep of Israel. and that the. bread of the children should not be cast befbre the $haik A h m a d Din do.qs. I I e would n o t preLtch even in A h m a d i a of M a s l e m Mission, lhe Sanmritans. Yet him he regartls St. Louis, Mo., U . S . A .

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ON THE rescue to whic:h"l~ alluded while he CROSS? sp.oke tile w o r d s " M y God, M y God, >t,mc people d o n ' t like any reason w!ly hast T h o u torsaken me '""on the " " crOss. Wh.at b e c o m e s of this p r o m .,r a r g u n l e n t outside their o w n . ise if w e let h i m die on t h e c r o s s : Scriptures. So f o r the sake of these God i s ' t h e m o s t truthful in His fi-iemls we like to ,~o o v e r this q u e s "-" point :of p r o m i s e s ? - " t i , , n fi'om the Scriptural . . . . . ,~ . \Vsaid tile w o r d s o n t h e c r o s s ~v.i'cW. .qonle c h a p t e r s in tile .,ospets - . . . . . "" . . . . . " " " " s' " k o u a s k h o w Could h e e s c a p e from d,J say tllat.ne lle(l on tile eros.;, lint . . . " the cross. \' 7 ell. t h e r e. are nlanv In\ . a- there i s a g o o d deal of discussion stances record&l in h i s t o r y in-which al,,,nt those chapters, sonic people people s u p p o s e d l y d e a d on the cross --. . bcin~ .t~f opinion t h a t they, were :M,led afterwards, a n d - m o r e o v e r the e s c a p e d alive ultimately. T h e r e are cxents r e c o r d e d b e i n g so untike instances ' w h e r e people were given mati'~ exlSerience in general, t h e r e - - u p for dead, b u t t h a t t h e y r e c o v e r e d f, in. it h e h o o v e s us to see w h e t h e r ft;om their a d v e n t u r e on the cross. there are a n y circunlstmlccs t h a t A sinlilar t h i n g hai~Deued t o J e s u s e':lVe a clue t o ' t h e n l a t t e r one w a y or and here a r e s o m e o f the clues. (1) .... "Ohl [esus r e m a i n e d ou t h e cross for a theTcstament0ther, that:\Ve falseit mprophettlle is. _ "few h o n r s , b u t death by. crucifixion reada w a s a h v a v s a q u e s t i o n of days. (2) s.tin put t o - d e a t h o r he m e e t s With T h e t w o m e n crucified xxith J e s u s an u n t i m e l y a n d violent end. ( D e u t . were still a l i v e w h e n : t a k e n d o w n 1 8 : 2 0 ) . A~ain i t sffvs t h a t if a pers.n dies b y hanging.._ s a y on a tree Dora the cross; .lesus being., a healthy. , , ,-,-, , , ~ and s t r o n g v o n n g m a n , w a s n o t sup~r ;t sean-ol(l~ ne Deeonles~'lCCUl'Se(I O[ '~ . ~-" " Y ~ n-i - " ; , " ,z. ,,. .,- . i - ,, , ,- ponett to me so soon. ILven l'llate t JDI. " OO1 S .xvratn .is Kln(llel affalns[ "": -~. . " . . . !~ . wonttereta at hiS so catlecl sutmen him and he-is d r i v e n : a w a v froln I l i s - " " presence I Deut. 21:23). T o believe death. .(3) T h e legs of his t w o [t..~llS died o~.1 t h e cross w o u l d m e a n conq'Janions, tlie thieves, were ih:tt he.was a false clainlan't, that he broken, b u t his w e r e a l t o g e t h e r . . . . . . h - -he spared "Vqhy is t h a t ? D o e s it n o t w a , , a e C l i l ' S e l o! t,oo anti t at t : "' " " " . . ~r " ~-' ' -. .-e( "1 F, n o . ' k v t h a"t " t I lere w a s a: secret plot i'n'llltes o/. /esus were justlne I 1 I ~ : ,. " ,. . - r ., ,,',,at t h e y did: Reliex;e tiin, a right- to save ' ~ , m s tdl~ .s(,~,S~oot~e-a:ne ', "" . l , itlrlatel. . .j e 2 . . t o . . - . t ' J. t't~tlS servant ot k~tOtl, a n t i .you XVl f . ._ . .. .
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,,f being btiried with t h e other ai)pearances .Jesus is fl)nnd conce:tlmalefactors, and he was carried ing a n d hiding. W h a t ' s the meaninto a specially prepared clmmber ing of this representation? (14) hewn out of the rock in a garden Did he not s a y . t h a t the accident tha't outside the t o w n so t h a t t h e fresh was g o i n g to happen to ltim wou!d _ air, soothing medication, a n d tender be s i m i l a r tn t h a t of Jonah the nursing fifight help revive him from his swoon which h e had been p r o p h e t kvho was. three days aml b r o u g h t into by unnatural .circum- t h r e e nights in the belly "of the stances. (7) H e was gi','en a sleep- whale. T h a t wa~ the 0nly',~i n th'it he had p r e d i c t e d f o r that wicked ing_ potion to deaden h i s s e n s e s and m i t i g a t e ' h i s Suffering brottght ~eneration as h e called them. To on bv e x t r e m e anxiety at tlle sud- keep u n the Similaritvihe m u s t he ali:,'e i'n-the b e l l y of tlle': eartli or th6 dew turn the events t m d l t a k e n : again st-.all l i i s e x p e c t a t i o i ~ and. s i m i l i t u d e falls. J onali was overdivine promises of help. T h i s was come b y that strange experience and to counteract the killing d e s p a i r . h a d swooned. Jesus t01d his' ene(8) If he had really risen froni the m i e s ; i n . a . w a y t h a t all their plots dead there was no laeed to have the wouid be turned tO nanght and that stone removed from t h e m o u t h of- he w0tild be: Safe f r o m a n y serious the grave, thus giving rise to sus- h a r m . T h a t - w o n l d be a g r e a t sign p i c i o n s a n d d o u b ' t ~ . l\ie ~ould trove., tO e s c a p e froin_tlle jaws of. de,.ath. come out a s he did e n t e r t h e hg~,tse and a g a i n . d i s a p p e a r e d l x v i t h o t ~ / t h e (15) T h e double dealings of the soldiers a n d - t h e repeated washings doors being tmloeked. In this case of hands on the part of ,Pilate. aml .rumors were set afloat that his body the omnious dream of his wife. whfi w a s carried a w a 3 : 113" t!~ed.isciple s ,xvarned her husband:throtigh a spealto the people told that he !mtt risen c i a l m e s s e n g e r that he! should, do -from the dead. ' T h e fact- is this-that ..nothing t o t h a t righteous man are under cover of .d~irkness lfis :body all significant in their own way. All was ret~loved!to a safe place w h e r e this Shows that .Jesus ~ "" . was nnracuhe m i g h t r e s t and reco x'er from the Iously saved from the hands of liis terrible nerv~- shattering experiences; e n e m i e s a n d he, as it were, received he lind undergone. (9) ~farv Mag- a new.lease of life. T h a t was a kind da.lene, whose sweet sound o f rab- of resurrection and a rising fr0m the boni tingled him all o v e r with sweet dead as we say in our c o m m o n pa!-memories of tlie past, saw hini in lance. O n r Ciaristian fl:iends should the guise of a gardener. W h e r e was deeply t h i n k over it" and :Bee if they the use to keep up tiffs disguise if can find a n y t h i n g that would i~;tti~f~" he was really risen from t h e dead?" ttlelr natural .dOubt, s-- "]'here is a XVhv did he tell his people not to s t r o n g historical e ~ l e n c e to show t e l l ' i t ' t ~ a n y b o d y ? "~Vhat was he ' that Jesus had to leave lhis native afraid of? N o b o d y cnuld harm liim- land and m i g r a t e t o a distant plate if he had really overcome deatfi. w h e r e remnants- of the lost tribes (10) I t was in the s a ~ e bod-y that o f Israel w e r e living, and where the disciples saw h~m ~with his he lived and preached a m o n g H l e m . wounds still green on him: ( . 1 1 ) H e , d y i n g at t h e age of 120. l':Iis still felt h u f i g e r and ate w i t h his t o m b js still preserved i n . K h a n Yar d i s c i p l e s . (.12) W h y should he ask Street, Srinagar, India. F o r further his disciples that they ~should go to particulars apply to M. 1~. Din. Galilee to meet him t h e r e . . D i d he :Muslim Missionary[ 444,q \Vabash. not w a n t to be out"of, the h a r m ' s A v e . , Chica~0 Ill.. U. S.. A. Headway? [13) In all post crucifixion quarters. Q A I ) I . A N , I N D I A .
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mission. T h a n k s be to Allah. l les i d e s tlie three lectures the M a u h ' i specially preached his M o s l e m m e m T h a n k God for Ilis Mercy" it) -bers bv w a y of t e a c h i n g t h e m I s l a m cr,,wning tlie efforts of o u r Mission~ a n d asked t h e m t o send their b o y s :_tries to avert a p o s t a c y t h a t w a s one to ilais .sch6ol at S a l t p 0 u d for educarime supposed t o engulf certain t i o n a n d t r a i n i n g so t h a t t h e foundap:ivts ~,f I n d i a and stem the tide: of tiofi of the mission be laid o n Sound t linlhl propagancla. N o t oiflV t h i s " f , un.latkm a n d We are glad to note but God has g i v e n us. n e w c o n v e r t s that s o m e of t h e friends have s e n t fr,,m a m o n g the r a n k s 0 f t h o s e wl!0 tlieir b6vs dowii Without hesitation. w,.re erstwhile t r y i n g t o s l i c e off a T h e Maulvi r e t u r n e d to S a l t p o n d on 1,,,rti~m of o u r c o r e l i g i o n i s t s . I t i ~ the 23rd of F e b r u a r y . . M a y - A l l a h .~va!ifyitlg t o leai-fi t h a t several bless a n d increase tlie seed of i t,,usand Sikhs .have joined t h e Ahnmdiyyat.s0wn during the tour ranks of Islam: W e offer o u r h e a r t - ' and m a y H e also bless the b r e t h r e n " felt c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to H i s H o l i n e s s wh'o so a n x i o u s l y and g l a d l y f o l thk: Khalifatul- Masseeh and- his tle- lowed t h e Maulvi. :'~,l~.'d fidh,wers. .. " " B . E . KEvl.sox, Secretary, Gold Coast. W E S .T . ' A F R I C ~ . . . . " . " . . . .
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, ' W e r e p r o d u c e below, the c o r r e - . Africa s p o n d e n c e tliat p a s s e d b e t w e e n M r . ()he h u n d r e d -and t w e n t y - t h r e e : , D r a g o o n of:tlie A m e r i c a n c o n s u l a t e : fresh c o n v e r s i o n s t o :)\hma(li MiS= at ColOmbo, Ceylon, and o u r . B r o t h e r si,.m. H. G. M u l u u n m a d . A h m a d i M i s .Mauh'i F. R. l l a k e e m . A h m a d i sioner at MauritiuS. " F r o m M r . : E : D r a g o o n to H . G . Missionary o f . Saltpond, left Salt1,rind on a m i s s i o n a r y t o u r o n the M tihammad. A h m a d i Esquire. 14th .Februar3~ ah)ng with h i s see.This morning there was handed -reiarv a n d w e n t as f a r .as 70 miles to m e a leaflet Which describes w h a t fnml".Saltpond followed by o v e r 50 i s called Ice M o v e m e n t A h m a d i and A h m a d i s frcnh" ~-arions ] ~ l a c e s in " i n reading' ' t h r o u g h this leaflet I .\ssin state. During" h i s t o t i r t h e c a m e across -these w o r d s : Les Mauh-i a d d r e s s e d - ; t h r e e op=en a i r A h m a d i s interp_ret le prophetie tle meetings at Y a n k u m a s i . D o m p i m , la seConde v e n u e tie J e s u s de llt and I"recoe in which explaining the fac0n d o n t J e s u s e x p l i q n a i t lff pro,,1,leerof t h e c r e a t i o n o f m a n a n d p h e t i e d e l a seconde v e n u e d'Elie. t h t - ( y a r n t0 attain this o b j e c t . h e Jesus ne d e v a i t p a s venir e n perexh0rte~l the attdiences to t u r n to-. s o n n e mais ~m atttre p r o p h e t e devait w:~rd t h e i r Creator. " T h e m e e t i n g s .appraitse a v a n t - u n e r e s s e m b l a n c e Were well a t t e n d e d b y the p a g a n s p a r faite avec J e s u s t o u t c o m m e la. an,I .Christians b e s i d e s tlie. village p r o p h e t i e du- second a v e n e m e n t d' .chief.~ and their councillors. Elie fut a c c o m p l i e p a r lapparition tie A f t e r the lecture" q u e s t i o n s were" Iean-Baptise. La p r o p h e t i e de la seconde Venue tle Jesus. :affirment " 5iwi.tt;d. Whiclt c i t m e fr01u b o t h les Almiadis. a e t e accomplie p a r la pagans, a n d Ch/-istians a t t d - w e r e an.~wercd by :.the Maulvi v e r y c o m - v e n u e d ' A h m a d qui vint avec la prehensivel(', a~:ld s o m e having. God , m e m e purssance q u e J e s u s , comnle. avec llt puis- willing, t h e " b e s t a t t e n t i o n Of the_. J e a n - e t a i t - - v e n u e _ - . pa.~an fi'iends. In this t o u r of-a 10 sance d ' E l i e . . " VChat .does t h i . ~ m e a n ? D o e s it " . days' period :123 m a l e . a n d female adults from a m o n g - t h e p a g a n s and : m e a n t h a t A h m a d resembles J e s u s in all r e s p e c t s p h y s i c a l l y ? O r is it uo~-:~l.mmdis .joined the A h m a d i a

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merel t" c~m jr'el urtld that . \ h m a d l"'S- ctmle tc~ pass. that is the thhLt~ sesses the same "'lmissance. "' if .which. the I.ord hath s p . k e n . : \ h m a d resembles Jesus in all reNo sacred 1,~Jok gives the promspects physically I challeuge you to i s e that G . d will speak to .any olle selltl me his photograph. _ Also face' t o face if t h e person follows please furnish me with his address it sincerelv; ;\broad was the man as I believe it is quite necessarv,.if xxTllo ~'ollo{ved the holy Our;in and the physical r e s e m b l a n c ~ i s poffaih'~ co'nsZ'quent~y_ received ~ .the r e v e t a fi~r m e to k n o w . t h e address.: lion from t h e : M o s t I-ligh in these Reply d a y s of scepticism and materialism. I hereby beg to acknoweldge t h e I l e claiined to be the Messiah t,f the receipt o( y o u r fakour, asking me L a t t e r Days~.and challenged all the about a point iu religi.n. T h a t C h r i s t i a n p r i e s t s aud clergymen, t. shows t h a t you are a seeker, after compare the miracles w r o u g h t l}y truth, l s o l e n m l v declare IJef.re all Jesus, son of Mary. with his o.wt~. the worhl that Islam is the onh- r e - . l ' u t none caulc fc:~xvard. Coulpar e ligion wllich i s truth all in all. T h e t h e . P r 0 p h e C i e s 0 f A h m a d and Jesus truth f o u n d in other religions is aud then you w i l l realize that m i x e d u p withfalselibod, that is wh_v A h m a d far surpasses hinl. . .other religions are not p o w e r f u l .\s to y o u r p o i n t t h a t Ahmad reenough to e l e r a t e - u s to our. Creator .~embles ~|esus even physically, I d, #he AIost H i g h . T h a t is xx-ll~,: no n o t i ' e a d it its. the nriginal pamphlet. prophet is born in other religio{ls T h e Ahnladis interI~ret the second claiming to be the recipient o f G o d ' s eomin~ of Jesu s just in tile same revelation. T h e i r sacred S c r i p t u r e s way as Jesus did of the second coali n ~ uf F.lijah. Jesus need not come have.lon~-since been dead and t h e i r laflgua~a-~e n o longer s p o k e n . (lt~wn personalh-ilmt a n o t h e r c-uhl al)~)ear hax:in~ "pcr,(ect esemblance . .*" Prol~lets bef0re Otll" h o l y Prophet were tribal.llocal t o r - n ; ~ = w i t h - J e s u s l a t h e s a m e w a y as John 17.1~jah. The tional. H e n c e their boolcs arid laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . also ,were national and~local which ' Ahmadis say' t h a t A h m a d appeared in . . . . . . . . . . . and spirit of J.esus. could not exist before the universal Y o u r objection is not SUl~ported : law the ]to!y Quran. T h e y graduallv died out and became l i k e - a by t h e actual Words of t h e I~amphdeat'l letter. T h e w o r k 6f Ggd-coinv l e t you allude t6.-:. \ V e don't believe cides with the word: of God. l i e let in physical1:esemblance. If 1 seml all sacred languages die. Sanskrit, you the .photograph, how will y o u Pall. Pch'lvi, /-Iebrew , (.;reek. and lecide wlietl~er A h m a d resemfiles Latin ceased to exist, T h e i r death Jesus o1" not. because, t r u e portrait sl~ows . i t h a t ~ t h e \ ; e d a s , the |ewish of Jesus can be had nowhere? -. . . and Christian Scripture P a ) i , : a n d Iesus Well explains such resem17erslan S c r i p t u r e s : are no longer iflances. Read. carefully t h e followwanted... - . T h e w o r k tif God's i n g v e r s e s from t i l e "gospels and book is to take nmn t o G o t l , a n d then send. tile t h e p h o t o g r a p h s of how can One kliow. tlmt such and b . t h Johil and ]~.lijah so that I may such has a c c e s s i n the sight of God. :judge for m y s e l f whether" J o h n Ye-. If one comes so near to (;qd that" senlbles F2!ijah in all respects, , r he hears Hi s vo:ice~ and publishes it, Jesu~ merely conjectures that |ohn a n d . i t collies t r u e , o u r ~certaiuty~. possessed tile same "puisSance."' It reaches its Climax.that t h e t h i n g is" is very strange ifideetl tlrlt whe, i from God (Deut. 18:22~. ':If tl~e: the l'ews asked [esus if he w e r e t h e thing follow not, nor dome to pass, _.-X[esslalf,-H'here ~as Ehas (Elijah] " " , '' that is t h e thing wliicli the Lord ~oho was to come be[orehim, h e t o l d hath not spoken."" I t s converse also them frankly t h a t Iohn the Baptist holds good. If the. thing follow or was Elias,-fntt wlaen they went to

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l,,i;, an'd asked him a b o u t it he ilatlv denied it. T h i s is s o m e t h i n g ;q.l,:]renth' conflicting w i t h each ,,1 her. and still you f o l l o w i t . ['lease n . : . l [i~lm 1:17-25. J o h n t h e llap: ti-t dtmies t - I~e Flijah .or his.liketw.-s~ Now turn t o . M a t t h e w X V I I : IU~I.~. ".-\hal.his disciples asl;ed l!im szcvin.~, xvhv, t!~en s a y t!el scribes " ihitt::F:lias.mus-t first c o m e ? A n d h'su.~ a u s w e c e d and said unt~ t h e m l;.li:,~ trulY shall first c o m e and re:t,;reall tifins, p, u t I Say n n t o y . u , that I--lias is c~,me a l r e a d y :and thevkm'w him n o t but I m v e ' h m e - u n t o him w h a t e v e r - they. listed: I.ikewide sll;tll a l s o : the s'on of n l a n st.lffer. ;.,t'.ihem." M a t t . X1:14; " A n d i f v e .will receix~e it. this is F l i a s ;~vhi;:h was fi,~"to c o m e . I le t h a t hath.:ears t,, hear let h i m - h e a r Y J e s u s was n,,t . t . c . m e pers, m a l l 3 : f r o m heaven fi,r he l!imself Says. "'And no. man h;tth a s c e n d e d up to heaven, h u t rhe'. .that hath c o m e dowi~ fr~,n heaven." M m 3.:13. Jes!ls did n o t - c o n i c d o w n fi',ml I leaven, e v e r y b o d y k n o w s full well. I l e w a s born , f M a r y a s a n y ,ith6r child is b o r m . J e s u s s a y s mcwt, wer t h a t F ? r l say U n t o y t m .
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vt least a t i m e u n t i l , t h e C 0 n d i t i o n s t_o:.~.. ). It. c a n n o t be t h e same Jesus xx;ho .ai)peared ;1900 m.aprove, b u t in that case w e shall : have tc~ begin o u r . w 0 i - k a n e w , and years a ~ o . If the w o r d L o r d m m s "h,sus /d,nself then. s u r e b , i ~ ,q then a g a i n the whcile b u r d e n would different" persona.~e from Jesus. all(I fall u p o n out" g o o d ~riends. It is.a if r h e Word [:ord m e a n s God even t i m e l y w a r n i n g t h a t /we gix;e. I n then it d o e s not re.fer to 2fesus, f o r onr. p r e s e n t condition we are n o t in he is called the son i,f G o d . . T h e a position to s e n d s e p a r a t e l a n d pr, mdsed ,i~e is to a p p e a r in t h e timelx; r e m i n d e r s . f , r e v e r y t h i n g re~ name , f t h e 1.4wI, w h o m lesns fullY, q m r e s m o a n e r . . \ V e hop'e o u r friends describes in his paral)le ;of the V i n e - wi!l not let this appeal of o u r s g o in yard. T h u s it is A b r o a d .who ap- val.n- I t is-a. l o n g xs[a,yofft0, m a k e peared in p o w e r a n d ~pirit of J e s u s - tile ma.,azlne a montlalv, as xwtla tile jilst as J o h n t h e lfaptist . . . . . . . .xl . s c a n t y mea-ns at o u r di.~i)osal w e ,~ ~ b e h a l f of l~':lljah..ItJ is lligh time. ~:an n o t m a k e ~t'.a :successful. q u a r - . f,r our C h r i s t i a n friends to give up t-erly.. . . . . the :vain hope O f s e e i n g Jesus..com" ing d,~wn in person., H e has passefl A SAD DI~ATH away and o n e - w h o is d e a d - i s dead ~;~e.are .~ads to learn of the death -nce for all. he h a n n o t - c ~ m e b a c k .,d Shaikh R e h m a t u l l a h , o f the E n g 2 t,, this llfe h e r e fm t h i s earth. J e s u s lish \Vareli,tlse of Lah0re. T h e d e . warned people against.-his s e c o n d " ceased was one qd the o l d e s t and
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loving follow'ers of the Promised Mr. D. F: Cooper Abdull Ghani.- . 3lessiah. l i e was a sincere and Miss Linda Sealv ~ t u l l a h . lwactical Moslem a n d though out- Mr. J. S. L o u i s -Anmnullah. wardly h e had to sever his connec- -Mr. E d g a r - A. C r a i g I A b d u l Gh;tftion w i t h Q a d i a n A h m a d i a Movefoor. m e r i t : h e still adhered faithfully to Mr. L e o L o g a n Sher Mulaammad. his M a s t e r \vhon~ he l o v e d with all ML'~V. M. Freeman-=Freid. the zeal and h e a r t o [ an adoring Mrs. Virgil J e n k i n s - - J a m e e l a . ' disciple. M a v his soul rest ifl peace Air. S. G. G r e e n e - - G h u l a b . and m a ) the ~livine M e r c y enshroud . Mrs. Addie Youfig--Slml)ab. his place of eternal rest. T o hls M r 2 M e r r i l V a n B a t t e n b e r g - - l l a d ~ . sons and other ~itrx'iv0rs a.~ well as rud Din. to his friends We ccmvev our sincere Air. Dtmcan H a m i l t o n - - l l a n i e e d u l s y m p a t h y in their great bereavelah. nlen~ Mr. 1Villie R o o k s - - R u k n u d Din. Mr.Sam BuckneriSameeuilah. Air. J a m e s I:-ridg~--l;reM. M a s t e r B. 1Vilson--\Vilavet. Mrs. Martlm H a y e s Ha:wwa. Mr: S a e e d . H a s s e n , a Syrian MosSince the last issue of the Most.IL~t SuNrosm the n u m b e r of new converts lem. has joined the A h m a d i i Moveto islani h a s been about 1 1 3 , . b u t n l e n t . I,elow we g i v e the names of thirty..CONGRATULATIONS four only, because in the case of tile other 79 certain details we have not ~X.re beg to convey our sincere been able tn get, hence we leave co.ngratulations, to Sir Archiliahl over their names . for the next issue Hamilton, w h o , tlw0ugh :tlieefforts ~ . . . Of Mosr.Est SUXRISE. Tim American af L o r d H e a d l e y , himself a Moslem, and t h e Moslem names :of the 34_we lias-accepted I s l a m . M a y his entry give below : Mr. H o w a r d C a f u t h e t s " H a m m a d . : :be a source of blessings not only to h i m s e l f : a n d his- o w n ' k i t h and. kjn Mr. Anderson "Jackson--.)Munad Jal 7 and o t h e r friends, ' but ito Islam at eel large, and nia.v:his c o m l n g i n be the Mr. C. J 0 h n s o n - - J m l M o h a m m a d . signal for Englislimen to j o i n Islam Mr. John Shntiago Sliamsud Din. in large nntnl)ers~ ~Ir. Olive Pibsoj = - P e e r M n h a m nlad.
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3Jr; Virgil W a s h i n g t o n " Abdul Vqodo0d. Slr. Rothelz Mason M o n a w w a r . . - Mr~James Mason Moneer.I.ev. J. D. l \ r. R 0 s s I A b d t j l l a h Sai fur Rchman. " ' Mr. John Samsofi--Jamal. :".Muhammad. ,llrs. E m m a 1 V i l s o u ~ A m a n a t Mr. Lee McG, r u d e r - - L u t f u l l a h . Air. \ V a l t e r W a l k e r Muhamnmd Saleem. Air. J a n e r Hill--Hilaxvl. r Mr. T r o y I.ogan-~-Solieman. Mr. Wil] XVillianl~AIMnl W,,h),)d. Mr. Rufus K y l e s - - A b d u s .qul)han.Mr. Peter J o h n ' ['eml,ert, m--A.l,dul Kareem.

NOTES AND EXCERPTS ~[r. Purd6ni. writing of Paul i, the April issfic ,-,f the .l[oSlcnt H'orht s a y s that he was all things to .all men. T o the Jew he 1,ecame a Jmv, t o a Greek" a Greek. T h a t is w h y we f i n d i n s t e a d of the p u r e teaching i ~f .Jesus the. Patfline doctrines in tlm present, day Christianity. \\re yvant o u r Christian hrethren to leave Paul back, and hearken to. the religion of ] e s u s Which is nothing ' lint Islam. " : . " "
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I,i, ;, ,,ut any da.v at .hazard, a dozen 1 . . . . . ,f the middle, class, sav of . f,.i~ccu years of age, who (onld ,t~-,-uss,the doctrines of trinity, t!~e cr~;cilixioh, sin. the authenticity Iof th," Ifil,le~ in a w a y which would I~-:~',,"h . v s ' o f a similar age in A m e r ica ,,r Ilritain in a m a z e o f astonishm,.ut,'" says a correspondent of flxe ~l,,.,'lcin r['oHd. "

conlin~ small ist;t~ls in a sea of Islam." On y e brave. . " I t has been impossible to follow the efforts which have been made to reach the ten millions of Moslems in China without b e i n g deeply i m p r e s s e d with t h e difficulties antl apparent defeat which have ~ccomp a n i e d this p a r t i c u l a r , ministry.

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Xk'i'ititi.~ in the Eas! and IVest con . . . . . ci..rni~..~ the religions l i f e in E g y p t D r . K o h l e r says in his book Jec,the Rev. \V. \V."Cash states tliat i s h "l'heoloqy: ' ; ' l ' h e leadinff spirits fr,~,m 300 to !,000 C o p t s g 0 over to , i f ; J u d a i s m recognized . . . . the IsT;tm anmtall;~'. T h e r e is, ~ ' says, .Christian land M o h a m m e d a n relighe "':t ~lr,~t~ I s l a m . - w i t l i n0thing but ion to he agencies o f D i v i n e : P r o v - ct,lllt'illpt for the Christian.. and. an idence; intru.4ted with the historical . i,td historic Clmrch i~i d a n g e r . o f de- i mission of c o o p e r a t i n g ill the buildcar lhr0ugh lack 0f spiritnal v~tal= ~ g u p o f the Messianic Kingd6m, it-~:. ~x-hilst more Cliristians join t h g tlms preparing, for t h e ultimate r,a n 'iL . t " l,lam :tnnuall y t h t n - Mo~ ks " . , ; , i triumph of pure m o n o t h e i s m in the: lctllg b e c o m e - Christians." \Vitli h e a r t s and lives of .all men a n d - n a .qL(I()0 Christian workers in E g v p t tions of the world. TheSe views. and N . r t h e r n States of 2~.frica.'i{ i~. voiced b y lehuda h a l . e v i , Maimonwl,rth considering whether it is ides aml" Nahmanides] w e r e reiterw,, th its while t 0 . k e c p tile Claris; a t e d : b y m a n y enlightened -rabbis of tian missionaries itr those l;md~ with later, t'imes: Tltese point .out that a rec.rd like this. b o t h tlie ChriStian antl ~[ohamme, dan nations-believe in the same God ~,\"rites N. C. Tomlinson in .the and Ilis..reVelation to t n e n , i n the -M,,slcm 'lForld for. April- ":\ Eu- unity Of h u m a n , race, a n d i n the r,,pean converted t o ' I s l a n i ' c o m ~ . - future l i f e ; that t h e y trove spread mcnced aggressive w0rk in. I922. t h e knowledge of G o d by a sacred The Scmtli African Islamic Mission literature based Upon Our scrip- " was formed for the propagation 9f t u r e s : that t h e v h a v e ! r e t a i n e d the this faith to the natives; Europeans" divine coinmandments essentially as c-:rod I n d i a n s of S0util .Africa... ~ - - t h e y are phr.~tsed in o u r Decal0gue:~ nllssion was e s t a b l i s h e d ill Natal; .and have .practically .taught to men and I - b e i i e v e . one ;n Transvaal[ to fulfill the Noahitic laws of haThis a c t o n the p~u't 0f.t le .~[.oham: inanity. On acconnt of the last fact IIt(!t];tll,':, Was brou.~ht t o t h e notk=t~: t h e . - ~ I e d i e v a I " Jewisli authorities -f ministers :!ml missionaries;, which considere~l Christians. to be halfcame as a .4hock to all."-.-~eehoxx] ; proselvtes~ w h i l e t h e Mohanlmedans ~ the-an.~t.ls of G o d - a r e w0rking f ~ liein.~-purelv monotheists, W e r e a l I.dum. .... ' I ways still clo.er t o : J n d m s m .
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n e v e r read a n y M o s l e m b o o k on the leges . . . . . t h e r e s i d e n t i a l c01s u b j e c t , n o r d o e s he s e e m to. h a v e lcffe a n d c o l l e g e halls are, for the e v e r c o m e i~ c o n t a c t w i t h a M o s l e m " t i m e b e i n g , t h e n e w t o y of t h e Intt~ . \ p o l o g i s t . By t h e w a y w h a t has Jan c d u c a t i o n a l i s t . I t is a g o o d h~v, he to s a y to J e s u s ' a b s o l u t e r e f u s a l brit. ~ts s t o r y w o u l d ultito s h o w a n y m i r a c l e to tile v i l e a n d m a t e l y be r e a d in t h e ' h i s t o r y Of the w i c k e d g e n e r a t i o n u n l e s s .it x~n,s Of d i s a o- .l ' m i n t m e n t s o f . well-nieanin h i s : o w n s u i c i d e a i d e d mid a b e t t e d m e n w h o h a v e s t r i v e n " t o .hrin~ b y t h e d i v i n e f a t h e r . " I h a v e a r - f r o n t a f a r g o o d to IncHa." Preniier r a n g e d w i t h m y e n e m i e s to d i e on R a m s a y M a c d o n a l d in his book, t h e c r o s s , " fpr i h a t is w h a t it c o m e s "'The G ( , v e r n m e n t of I n d i a . " to. P e r h a p s t h a t w a s t h e f g r e a t e s t - " " and the only miracle 6 Jesus. DID'JESUS INDORSE " \Vhat does he.mean by a miracle~ POLYGAMY? a s l e i g h l o f hand ? ( S e e 2 5 t h Chap. Matt.) ,, O f t h e w h o l e z C l m.s t i a n - c m n ~ h w ' . i:\s. .lUost C~, r i s t i a, n s-~k n o , s o littlel .. .. munitY in I n d i a 90 p e r c e n t h a v e " a ! m u t , t n c ;i,te.sse~t t rolJ~let jesus, . .o. ,. t . . t . . . . . . .the lepressen crosses, ,r t o i l i11) om e tn ethila c e antl,l)lessiti~s of ', , -. p e - " " ~' t . o ~rom ,_ , --\n wh x "" the outcaste c0mnnmitv' CIfflo re-".: : .--" lk t h a t "they Know maininff t e n t h dr- t h e . c o n 4 m u n i t v , at!;.x.vc Will. ~:tth t/~ew a s m s t a n c e , a b 0 t l t f o u r - f i f t h s a r e from t h e r e , e x a m i n e t l u s d l s t m . , m . s h e d person s p e c t a b l e Sudl'a c l a s s e s . . ()f t h e w l m m t h e y e a l l God. r e m a i n i n g one-tiftieth, m(,st a r e P,e f - r e w e . t u r n , o n the searchlight from t h e M u s l i m f a i i h : of tliese 1 wish to r e m a r k t h a t ( s i n c e they a g a i n the,' m h j , r i t v w e r e ~Mginalhs a y t h e v . d o n o t like t h e Maste(m e m b e r s of t h e l l ' i n d u C ( ) m m u n i t v . l.'l:,)l)het~ 3 [ u h a m m ; t d . P e a c e h i - o n b u t t h e y liassc.d t h r o u g h \[ohan'a- h i m ' l . 1 ) e e a u s e he s a n c t i o n e ( l ' p o l v g : u n v m his d a y a n d t i m e . w e will-see m e d a n i s m i n t 6 C h r i s t i a n i t y . l h ' o b - i if i e s u s w a s ' a n y b e t t e r , in t h i s r e a b l y ;!ot m o r e t h a n one in a t h o u s a n d . C o l t h e w h b l e C h r i s t i a n Cornspeet. F'iwther1(mfe. since the .M:tsm u n i t y in I n d i a ) c o m e s from the t e r - P r o l ) h e t a p p e a r e d m o r e thanS(10 ~2c l r ~,ook of ' y e a r s af{er Iesui: it se'ems that he rl/' B r a h m a n C"a s t e . " :'~ M i s s i o n s in I n d i a . 1912; i ' e h a b i t s o r r y for t h e p e o p l e in the w r e t c h e d colltliti(m in Which the T h e r e a r e f o u r m i l l i o n ( I m.s t m n s ... ~ N a z a r e n e left t h e m . a n d t c)hl di e in t h e I n d i a n l ) o p u l a t ~ o n o f al)out a men if-thex: j u s t liad t() havi, m,~re h u n d r e d t i m e s as m a n y . : . a m l t h e y t_l}an tree wife, to t a k e . n o t ten, but a r e m o s t l ~ d r a w n from t h e o u t c a s t e s h n~r. a n d t h e l~m'er social c'l;isses. Pro.~X ~ , w w e w i l l turn t~tlt" s e a r c l : t e s s is slow, and of t h e fi,ur milli~,n light - ill)on _lestlS. whr, ul Mr. M a t ;, l a r g e n u m b e r call. h a r d l y p a s s t h e w : h a s t o l d us so m u c h ahoul. m u s t e r . The,;- a r e . p o t ; r de;if chil- [ : u l l v e x p o s e d heft,re us n o w . ix tl e d r e n of dim a n d uncert'ain light, b u t 1Yira'hle 0f the T e n V i r ~ i n s . Mr. t h e y h a v e been b a p t i s e d . By.no M a t t h e w s a y s tha~ t h e s e m'e the, m e a n s h a v e t h e y all been c o n v e r t e d kv,)Ms of the T',',ipllet J g s u s . individually, -Economic motives 1st V e r s e s a y s : ".Then s h a l l the. h a v e often d e t e r m i n e d their pro- l d n . ~ ' d , m of h e a v e n b e l i k e n e d unto f e s s i o n o f faith, and the great colten virk, i.n?;: : w h i c h :to~,k t h e i r l a m p s . !e~es f o u n d e d and m a i n t a i n e d by :!rid .1veill f o r t h t o m e e t thel~i'ideo m i s s i o n s h a v e y i e l d e d but s c a n t y ..." 1 t i t 1 1 1 1 . h a r v e s t s in converts. ( T l i e b l a c k face \ V h a t I .am ;iskin.~ i s : Did t h e ;ire o u r s . ~ F d . M. S.). F e w m i s s i o n hcideffrotml r e a l h : i n t e n d to m a r r y ames a r e h a p p y al)out the r e s u h , and ;111 ten" (ff t h e s e (4rcfins? t h e r e is a l~erceptible m o v e m e n t in \ ' e r s e 2 s:avs: " F i v e of t h e vir~;ns f a v o r of c l o s i n g m i s c e l l a n e o u s colwere wise a d d five. w~re toohsh. .....
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IS ISLAM?

"I.lam is a very simple faith. It requires man to recognize his duties towards God. his creator, a u d his fellow creatures. I t teaches the supreme duty of living at l~eace with one's surroundin:~s. It is preeminently the religion of peace. The vL'rv Imme. " I L A M " means " P E A C E . " The g0al o f - a man's, life according to l~!:~m is peace with everything, peace w i t h God and peace with man. Quran, the holy b o o k o f Islam, tells us. that the final abode of m a n - i s the "house of peace." where " n o vain word or sinful discourse" will be beard. T h e H o l y I'rophet of Islam says tllat "a follower of Islam in the true sense of the word is otle whcJse h i m d s , ~ l g t ! e and t h o u g h t s d o not' hurt Others." : O B J E C T .O'~ .-X AI,~.N'S L I F E . a c c o r d i n g to Islam i s i t s complete unfoldment. Islam teaches that man is born with unlimited :capacities for progress. ]slatu floes not support the.idea that man is born in sin. It teaches t h a t everyone luts within hinl the. seed of per.fect development, and it rests solely with himself to make or m a r h i s fortune.."~,Ve created m a n i n the best make;" says the holy Qlti'au. C A R D I N 2 \ L D O C T R I N E of ISLAXI" i s tlie U n i t y of Godhead. W e bt:liex'e in-one God Who iS AllLGood, A l I - M e r c y , ' a n d All-Power:. H e is Perfec{: ant] H o l v , ' A l l - W i s d o m , All-Kn0wledge, and All-Truth. T h e s e are some of His .great at{t~ibutes so far as we can understand. He .is free from al defects, H o l y and Transcendent. H e is personal to us in so far as we s e e His- attributes Work. ing for its and i n ns, but' He is nevertheless impersonal, because H e is Infinite, Perfect, and H O L Y . . ~ , V e do not believe that death, decay, or sleep.overtake Him. ~leither. do we believe that H e is a helplessly inactive and inert force. N o t h i n g happe'ns w i t h o u t His kno~,vledge and XVill. H e neither begets uor is H e begotten, because these are '_the traits of frail and Weak hunlanlty. This u n i t y o f God is the first and .moremost pillar of Islam, and e v e r y othcr;,belief hangs upon it. Propht)thood of Afuhammad is tile sccon.d pillar of Islam. W e believe that God through His infinite AIercv a n d Grace h a s been raising great teachers thi:oughout the ages, in a l l ' c o u n t r i e s and all dirties. ~,e do not belie.re that His |]ot}ntles Ifave been restricted to 0ne place or people. H e n c e we honor and W e honor Buddha, Rama, and Krishna r ( .pect a l l - t h e g r e a t teachers of the past. ; of In(lia, Confucius of China, and Zoroastr. of P e r s i a much tlie same way as we ..tlo h o n o r . M o s e s , A h r a h a m . - a n d . J e s u s ~ w e regard them all and m a n y . m o r e as the heavenly.teachers born to reform "and r e g e n e r a t e man and lead him to God. We draw no .lint o f discrimination, All we" acid is that hl-uhammad was also a grent teacher and a P r o p h e t .0f God, though from the magnitude and the extent of lii.~ work.~ve regard him as the greatest one of (hem all. Yet we do not believe that the divine door o f p r 6 p h e c y is closed for t h e f u t u r e , though it is n o w i n - 'the footsteps of the Afagter-Prophet Atuhammad that e a c h o n e has to w a l k . Ourown age h a s not been without its Own witness, for in A h m a d Of India we have the Prophet o f the age w h o s e sole mission has been to-lead m a n k i n d to the sun of I s l a m . T h a t Js w h y we regard M u h a m m a d as t h e s e a l of the Prophets, f o r without Xluhammad;s yoke n0b0d# can be the leader a n d - t e a c h e r of mankind. " T h e Q U R A N is our s~icred book. J n s t a s - w e b e l l e v e i n all the prophets Of all places and t l m e s . s o " d o - w e believe that a l l religions bad their origin i n truth alld ritzhteonsness, hut with tile lapse o f time trufll was either forgotten or became oyerlaid with h u m a n ifiventions. I n s t e a d . o f t r u t h p e o p l e be.~m'to teach c o m m a n d - - " ments of m e n . Moreover, some of those teachings were of a local or temporary nature, and to these a universal character was assigned. W e believe that our holy book preserves and includes all t h o s e . t e a c h l n g s tha t a r e l of p e r m a n e n t nature and supplies additional teachings of a Universal nature that can help mankind in its never-ending m a r c h of progress. W e h o l d the Quran as t h e . . v e r y W o r d Of God Which. has superseded a l l p r e v i o u s teachings. I t is t.be final code for man's u p w a r d course of life. . .. .... Life After D e a t h is another piilar of islam. ~,[.~V~..believe~in the resurrection of the dead. Yet how i t is to come about w e d o - n o t k n o w . This ranch we are t ~ d , that t h e - n e x t life is t o be no new one. b u t a continuation of the present to manifest the hidden realities-here. W e are, moreov'~r, told that. this new phase of.life will liave an unlimited scope of progress. Salvation, we helieve, be~'ins in this very life, and the n e x t life is to see only i t s Unfoldmenh '*He who is blind in th~s life will be blind in the next, t o o , " Say.6 the Q u r a n ~ Such a n o n e shall have o wait for his perlodli0f '.Cpttrge" to l e t the" scales fall from_ his eyes. Yet, according to Islam, nobody~is doomed in the Christian sense of tile term. E v e r y o n e in the end will see his w~y to eternal progress.: But it does not mean that we regard t h e next life" as imaginat3-. .Nothing c a n . b e more real than that. W e believe the -spirit must be encased in some s o r t o f b o d y to function properly, and we cannot conceive a spirit existing without a b o d y . So we believe in a future blissful state

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in which both body and soul must work out their own des,lay. W h a t that body would be like we can't say; maybe it is a sublimation of the earthly material. W e believe in. angels .and we believe in predestination h~ so far that God is all-knowing. But we believe in the accountability Of man, who has been provided with the means and power of discrimhiation. W e do not believe .that any other person can suffer to undo our mistakes; neither do we believe in t h e vicarious atonement. ~3,re ~believe that our mistakes do entail misery and suffering, lint we can just make it up b y rlght living. " N o burdened soul can bear the burden of another," says the hoh" W o r d of God. Sincere repentance, however, we believe, secures forgiveness. ; ' O h M y s e r v a n t s w h o have transgressed to y o u r injury, despair not Of Allah's M e r c y - f o r all sins d o t h Allah forgive, G r a c i o u s and Merciful: is H E . " Ouarafi X X X I X " 5 4 ~Are believe in prayer, fasting, and almsglving, a n d - w e believe in the all-pervading and all-prevailing Mercy of God. T h e r e i s n o priesthood in Islam. Any and ex-ery qrue l~llever can lead in prayet's provided he is vet:sed in his religion. T h e r e is no need for a n t 0r.dinatlon. I t is sufficient t h a t he is a good Moslem E x c e p t i n g the-dtfferences o f spheres in certain aspects of life, I s l a m does not recogmze any difference of sex. " M a n and w o m a n have been ci'eated out of the same essence:" " w o m e n have _as m u c h i'ights and obligations as men have;" "women are the g a r m e n t s of men as m e n a r e . t h e g a r m e n t s of w o m e n , " s a y s the h o l y Ouran. T h e Im!y propliet of I.slam says', " T h e best one a m o n g you is he who is be'st towards Ins wife and family.' . . . . H e a v e n lies a t ' t h e feet of your m o t h e r s , " is a n o t h e r of his well-known sayings. I s l a m orb.~ds impurity of every kind. Cleanliness o f body arid mind is a prerequisite for a Mosleth. H i s body. his food t h a t makes that body, and lils thoughts" that arise in that body m u s t all "be clean. T h a t is w h y pork, ;,vine and g a m b l i n g are absolutely forbidd'en. Science a n d knowledge have ahvays been encouraged in Islam. T h r o u g h n n t Islamic history you will not find people bein~ persecuted for-the sake of their- Imving made certain diseoveies in science a n d art. I s l a m has ever been the champion of rationalism anti scientific l'esearch Islam clahns to b e a rational faith and undertakes to sat,sly reason and conscience both. It does not recognize any color bar, but on the o t h e r h a n d c o n d e m n s it openly. I t teaches .the universal l~rotherho0d of man and the greatest, w o n d e r and t h e miracle of mii'acles is that a m o n g its followers it has obliterated and practicallv-.effaced all ideas of racial or color sUperloritv. In the sight of God all ai-e equal and therefore a k i n g and a slave stand shle b y side, shoulder to shoulder in t h e . p r a y e r house. Ira society, tbls distinction of h l g h - a n d low, rich or poor, white, or I~lack is p r o m i n e n t by its absence, and this fact has been admitted even b y the ~v0rst enemies and detractors of I s l a m . Says H : G . Wells. " K o r a n has kept Islam together in a sturdy fellows h i p under ~llah, a fellowship transcendiner race. color, language t h a t naakes the bond of Christian b r o t h e r h o o d seem a futile sentimentality." T h e E T H I C S O F ISLAAf m a y be s n m m e d up in the ~ o r d s o ' t h e hol " " " Y Qt 1 ran: " L e t dtvme bapttsm be your goal and w h a t can be better than divine baptism?" .The holy Pi'ophet sa~d: -"Develop divine attributes and m a n n e r s in you." A n o t h e r p i e c e f r o m t h e Q u r a n t o tim same effect is as follows: "Blessed are they w h o fulfill t h e covenant of God and b r e a k not their compacts; a n d who join t o g e t h e r w h a t God has bidden to be joined; and fear their. L o r d . a n d dread the evil reckoning; and w h o f r o m desire to please their Lord are c o n s t a n t amid trials, and observe prayers, and g i v e a l m s ifi secret as well in open out of what xl,re have bestow6d on t h e m : and turn a s i d e e v i l with good: for them there is t h e recompense of that abode, gardens of eternal h a b i t a t i o n / i n t o which .they shall enter, together witJ1 such as shall have acted rightly f r o m a m o n g t h e i r pareuts. their wives and their posterity, and ~he angels shall g o in unto them. b y every portal (saying), peace be with you, because: you have e n d u r e d with patience. Islam bas b e e n - t h e greatest social and democratic force in the World. and tlie future of l h e world lies at t h e / f e e t of Islam and nowhere else. T h e one distinctive feature of I s l a m is t h a t it is a livihg r e l i g i o n . It promises and gi~,es t h e . - . spiritual blessin~zs which were-glven t@ the former peoples. T h e door of prophecy it keeos open for all times and its devotees can h a v e a - d l r e c t c o m m u n i o n wit[1 God like the p r o p h e t s Of old. Will you not accept it and be blessed? I
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