The Promised Messiah Was to Put an End to War — Essence of Islam Vol. 2

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In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon The Promised Messiah Was to Put an End to War, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 9: Jihad With the Sword
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should be repelled by the sword or the gun. Therefore, the commonly held doctrine of Jihad put forward by certain Muslim sects—and their teaching that the time is approaching when a fighting Mahdi will appear whose name will be Imam Muhammad, and that Jesus will descend from heaven to join him and help him and that the two together will slaughter all the peoples who refuse to accept Islam—is totally opposed to morality. Is this not a doctrine which stultifies all the pure faculties of man and generates emotions like those of wild beasts? People who hold such doctrines have to behave hypocritically towards everyone else.
[Masih Hindustan Mein, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 15, pp. 8-9]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 329]

The doctrine of Jihad as understood and propagated by the Muslim divines of this age who are called Maulavis is utterly incorrect. It can lead to nothing except that by their forceful preaching they would convert common people into wild beasts and would deprive them of all the good qualities of human beings; and so it has happened. I know for certain that the burden of the sins of those people who commit murders through ignorance on account of such preaching, and who are unaware of the reason why Islam had to fight battles in its early stages, lies on the necks of these Maulavis who go on propagating secretly these dangerous doctrines which result in such grievous loss of life. When these Maulavis call on government officials they bow down before them at such an angle as if they are ready to go into prostration; but when they are among their own ilk they persist in declaring that this country is the House of War (Dar-ul-Harb) and that the employment of the sword for the purpose of upon the fact that thirteen hundred years ago the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) had said concerning the Promised Messiah: He will put an end to war. O Ye Muslim divines and Maulavis, listen to me. I tell you truly this is not the time of fighting for the faith. Do not disobey the Holy Prophet, (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). The Promised Messiah, who was to come, has appeared and has directed: Henceforth desist from religious wars with the sword which caused bloodshed. To persist in bloodshed and not to desist from such sermons is not the way of Islam. He who accepts me will not only desist from such sermons but will hold this way as most vicious and likely to invite divine wrath….
Now that the Promised Messiah has come, it is the duty of every Muslim that he should refrain from having recourse to fighting for the propagation of the faith. Had I not come there might have been some excuse for this misunderstanding. But now that I have arrived and you have witnessed the day of promise, those who take up the sword on behalf of the faith have no excuse left which they can put forth before God Almighty. He who possesses eyes and can read the Holy Qur’an and the Ahadith can realize that this kind of Jihad, which the ignorant ones insist upon in this age, is not authorized by Islam. It is an error which has spread among the Muslims in consequence of the upsurge of unlawful passions or the vain hope of winning paradise through such misguided action…. Ignorant Maulavis, may God guide them, have grievously misled the common people and have told them that such action which is sheer wrong and cruelty and is opposed
[Government Angrezi Aur Jihad, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 17, pp. 7-13]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 329]

I have brought you a commandment which is that Jihad with the sword has been ended but the Jihad of the purification of your spirits must continue to be waged. I say this not on my own but in order to proclaim the design of God. Reflect on the Hadith of Bukhari wherein it is stated that the Promised Messiah: would put an end to fighting for the faith. Accordingly I command those who have joined my ranks that they should discard all such notions. They should purify their
[Government Angrezi Aur Jihad, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 17, p. 15]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 332]

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