The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 134
134 Essence of Islam-IV and fervent prayers. Until God raises someone with the Holy Spirit, you should continue to work together after I have gone. [Al-Waşiyyat, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 20, pp. 306-307] What is needed today is not the sword but the pen. As a result of the doubts which our opponents have raised concerning Islam, and the assault that they have planned to mount against the true religion re- vealed by God Almighty, using all the ploys of science and other methods available to them, I have been drawn to think that I should equip myself with the armament of the pen and enter the arena of sci- ence and intellectual progress to demonstrate the spiritual valour and inner power of Islam. I was not myself fitted for this field, but the grace and limitless bounty of God desires that the honour of His faith should be demonstrated at the hands of a humble one like me. Call to the Truth [Malfūzāt, vol. 1, pp. 59-60] قُلْ إِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْعُبِدِينَ " I address this announcement to the Christian clergy- men with great humility, respect and lowliness. Were it true that Jesus the Messiahas was actually the son of God, or God Himself, I would have been the first to worship him and I would have propagated his god- 83 Say, if there had been a son to Gracious God, I would have been the first of worshippers. Al-Zukhruf, 43:82 [Publisher]