The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 165
Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama'at, and Instructions 165 and deny me, so that on the Day of Judgement I should be able to plead before God, the One, that I had fulfilled the purpose for which I had been sent. So, with full respect and humility, I send this an- nouncement to Muslim and Christian divines, and to Hindūs and Ārya Pundits, informing them that I have been sent to the world for the reformation of moral, doctrinal and spiritual weaknesses and errors. I follow in the footsteps of Jesusas, and, in this sense, I am called the Promised Messiah. I have been commanded to spread the truth in the world through miraculous signs and holy teachings. I am opposed to the use of the sword in support of the faith and the slaying of God's creatures in the name of religion. I have been appointed that, so far as it may be possible for me, I should remove all these errors from the minds of the Muslims and should call them to pure morals, perse- verance, meekness, justice and righteousness. I proclaim to all the Muslims, Christians, Hindūs, and Aryas, that I have no enemy in the world. I love hu- man beings with the love that a compassionate mother has for her children and even more so. I am the en- emy only of the false doctrines which slay the truth. Human sympathy is my duty, and discarding false- hood, idolatry, every type of misconduct and wrongdoing, injustice, and immorality, is my princi- ple. What has roused my sympathy is that I have discov- ered a gold mine and have been informed of a deposit of precious stones. In this mine I have been fortunate