Only those who know the past can shape the future. Through the vital lessons in sacred memory, Hadhrat
Khalifatullah (atba) calls our attention to the grave responsibilities of
today. To confront the challenges being mounted by anti-Islam forces in the
world and to create a just world where the Muslim
Ummah as a whole can flourish, Hadhrat Khalifatullah (atba) provides
important advices and insights for the Muslim leaders of today. The spiritual discourse
underscores the need for fostering the spirit of unity within the Ummah. This unity can only be forged by
showing healthy respect for the diversity of thoughts and ideas among the
various strands of Muslims today, especially by their States in their
administrative and governance frameworks. Fundamental human rights such as
freedom of speech and expression should be institutionally protected, with no
one being allowed to sit in judgement over the faith/beliefs/convictions of
others. Pointing to the prevailing
scenario of bewildering disunity, deepening sectarianism and intolerance,
creeping injustice and social strife in the ‘Islamic’ world, Hadhrat Saheb
(atba) exhorts the Muslims and their influential leaders to rise above their sectarian
perceptions/ ‘majoritarian’ prejudices against their brethren in faith and to
ensure justice for everyone regardless of their identity or personal beliefs.
Illustrating his point, Hadhrat Saheb (atba)
notes the searing irony of a State (Pakistan) claiming to profess ‘Islamic’
values in its Constitution and the Laws and yet denying the freedom of
conscience and of expression to its own citizens. Unfortunately for the hapless
people of Pakistan, the deadly poison of competitive politics over
religious/sectarian identity has cast its long shadow over the integrity and
fairness of the nation’s governance structures. Of late, the national criminal
law is being wantonly and rampantly misused by thuggish/fascist elements in
society to curtail human rights in the land- they seek to intimidate religious
minorities- including the ‘Ahmadis’; arrest and imprison contrarian individuals
for their personal opinions. Nasir Ahmad
Sultani, the Pakistani Muslim citizen of Ahmadi sect who claims to be a recipient of Divine
revelations in this era, has been arrested by the authorities under the
notorious ‘Blasphemy Law’ and he remains imprisoned even after a year. This is
a clear case of abuse and excess of the legal process. For, the State and the
Law should have no business curtailing the freedoms of thought, belief, conscience,
speech, expression of any individual. It is indeed the responsibility of the
State and the Law to protect the various manifestations of free speech so long
as there is no direct incitement to imminent violence. How should we look at a
Law/State that behaves like a predator than a protector of human rights?
In a society that has politically sanctioned
the murder/lynching of innocents in the name of ‘Allah’/ ‘Honour of the Holy
Prophet’, etc., the imprisonment of a man for his opinions might seem trifle. The
administrative/judicial measure of a period of imprisonment for the accused in
‘Blasphemy’ cases was apparently to ‘protect’ the ‘accused’ from the
blood-thirsty Mullahs who are baying for human blood in public meetings! Such
is the dire state of affairs in Pakistan that the country sits on the brink of
losing its original moorings.
Hadhrat Khalifatullah’s timely appeal for
justice and respect for human rights also contains within it a Divine warning
for the Pakistani society. A society that does not tolerate religious diversity
and respect freedom of conscience of individuals only ends up challenging
Allah’s Grand Order of Things. In the name of their mundane power to define
‘legitimate religiosity’, they are playing ‘God’ and denying justice and rights
of people! When a nation’s leaders exceed the bounds, they ignore common sense
and the lessons of history, only to write its destiny in bloody conflicts and thereby
they finish peace (‘Islam’) in the land with their own hands- see the fate of ‘Islamic’
nations in our times- Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, etc. Indeed it is for
the righteous people-sincere believers- to stand up for the type of society
they want to be, in Pakistan and beyond.
Read
the Extracts from the Sermon:
‘...We must not be divided among ourselves. We
must stop this division and not let it continue. On the contrary we are all
Muslim brothers and we must unite when we hear all the sacrifices made and we
must fight to preserve the teachings of Islam. So, let us forget our differences.
I as the Khalifatullah of this era, I tell you, let us unite, stop fighting
among ourselves, and let us preserve the Tawhid
and Sunnah of our
beloved prophet Hadhrat Muhammad (pbuh).
It is unfortunate that Muslims and Muslims are
fighting each other, and everyone treats his brother as non-Muslim, judges his
faith and institutes laws to prevent his Muslim brother from practicing Islam
as ordered by Allah. All massacres against Muslims of any group in Islam, be it
Sunni, Shia or Ahmadi, etc., do we have the approval of God to decree that the
one who says: LAA ILAAHA ILLALLAHU MUHAMMADUR
RASSULLULLAH, is not a Muslim?
How is it that there are Muslim countries like
Pakistan - whose name Paak means pure - but unfortunately at the head of
this country, there are people who do not act like really pure citizens from
this 'Paak' land to make prevail
the tolerance of religions and the faith and Aqidah of people. Hadhrat
Muhammad (pbuh) and the basic teachings of Islam even forbid anyone to force
anyone to accept the religion of Islam. But in the case of Ahmadis, it is
unfortunate that Muslims are preventing their fellow Muslims (like them) from
practicing the same ISLAM. And now, under the blasphemy law, they are arresting
Ahmadi Muslims and all those who support freedom of expression in this branch
of religion to imprison or kill them. Indeed horrible what they are doing!
I appeal to you: Abandon
your non-Islamic practices you do in the name of Islam and let Allah make His
own judgment. You disagree that such and such individuals are Muslims or not? So
why dirty your hand and conscience? Let Allah do His work. He is the best
Judge. It is He who knows very well who is Muslim or not. He alone knows who is
sincere to Him and Islam.
It is unfortunate that you are using worldly
means to prevent Ahmadi Muslims from practicing Islam. Yes, I specify, ISLAM.
Ahmadis have one God, it's ALLAH, and our prophet is indeed Hadhrat Muhammad
(pbuh), and our sacred book is indeed the Holy Quran, and our Shahada is
verily: LAA ILAAHA ILLALLAHU MUHAMMADUR RASSULLULLAH.
Who can erase our belief from our heart? Who can do that when Allah is our
Protector? Allah knows very well His true servants, and His true servants are
scattered among the different groups of Islam, and the day has come when Allah
is doing the sorting to bring forth His good servants so that they can bring
back the glory of Islam.
History repeats itself, but only I am not
perfect like our noble prophet Hadhrat Muhammad (pbuh) but in spite of that,
Allah chose me to try to become a little Muhammad, in order to follow in his
footsteps and to become worthy of being a prophet-reformer in the Ummah of
Hadhrat Muhammad (pbuh) for the reform of Islam and Humanity as a whole. Never,
never could I even reach the height of the ankle of my master Hadhrat Muhammad
(pbuh). When Allah say that I am an Adam, a Dawud etc., this does not mean that
my status is greater or better (than Hadhrat Muhammad (pbuh)) or that I am
creating another religion, but that simply means to say that Allah has
reflected in me all these qualities, the excellences of all His prophets - only
not 100% - so that I may be able to do the noble work (and the responsibility
thereof) that He has placed on my shoulders.
It is unfortunate that Muslims use the (mundane)
laws they have developed to prevent people from practicing Islam and expressing
their opinions. Despite the fact that even though Nasir Ahmad Sultani
called me a liar, and proclaimed that he was the truthful one, it has been more
than a year since the Pakistani authority arrested him, and since March 2017 we
have been without news of him. As Khalifatullah, I appeal to the Pakistani
authority to release him. Beware. It is not you who must judge him, but it is
the task of Allah. Whether truthful or not, it is not for you to punish or honour
him. It is only Allah who will settle the matter with him and with all those
who are liars, who use the name of Allah to proclaim to come from God when they
have not received the divine command to do so.
Do not take justice in your hands when you do
not know how to do justice, when you cannot judge with an open mind and hear
out the concerned party (with justice). Allah does the best; so why are you in
a hurry to exterminate people because of their faith? Have you received any
revelation from Allah to kill Muslims like yourselves? I repeat: Let Allah
settle the matter with His creatures. He alone knows who is true and who is
false. The truth must triumph, Insha-Allah.
Wa makaru wa
makarallah
wallaahu khairul makereen.
And they (i.e. the infidels) planned, but Allah
planned. And Allah is the best of planners. (Al-Imran 3: 55).
The time has come for us to stop judging the
faith of our brothers and sisters and to analyze our own faith, and certainly
the month of Ramadan is the perfect month/ time to do that. In this month of
Ramadan (which is just around the corner), let's take away all the hatred we
had against our brothers who share the same religion as us (in this case,
Islam). Let us all pray together in this blessed month that Allah the Exalted
gives us strength and success to lay the foundation of this Sahih Al Islam (of
this authentic Islam) so that ISLAM is once again unified and solid.
May Allah (swt) help us to become among those
who will raise the great value (the greatness) of Islam, and that during
Ramadan and beyond this month we can give due respect and value to all the 700
divine commandments that are found in His Sacred Book (the Quran), and help us
to become such individuals who practice what they say. Ameen.
O believers, in this blessed month of Ramadan,
send many Darood on our beloved and noble prophet Hadhrat Muhammad
(pbuh), on his companions, his biological and spiritual descendants for all
times. Insha-Allah, Ameen.
To read the first part, click Ramadan in Islamic history.