[1.]"It should be known
that the word jihad is derived from juhd,
and means to strive. It is then metaphorically
applied to religious wars.
(Government
Angrezi aur Jihad, p. 3)
[2.]"As to the means and
arrangements to be used, whether for physical warfare
or spiritual warfare, whether the battle is by the
sword or by the pen, the following verse is
sufficient for our guidance: `Make ready for them
[the enemy] whatever force you can' [the Quran 8:60].
In this verse God empowers us to employ against the
enemy all suitable means, and to use the method which
we consider to be the best and most effective."
(Majmu`a
Ishtiharat, vol. i, p. 360)
[3.]"This time is also one
for a kind of jihad. I stay up till as late as 3
o'clock in the morning. Everyone should take part in
this, and for the needs of the religion and religious
tasks they should make day and night into one."
(Malfuzat,
Part IV, p. 196)
[4.]"This is an age of
spiritual warfare. A battle with the devil is in
progress. The devil is assailing the fort of Islam
with all his weapons and schemes. He wishes to defeat
Islam. But God has established this Movement in order
to defeat the devil in his last battle at this
time."
(Malfuzat,
Part V, p. 25)
[5.]"The jihad of this age
is exactly to propagate Islam and refute the
allegations of the critics [of Islam], to spread the
beauties of the true religion, Islam, in the world,
and to manifest the truth of the Holy Prophet to the
world. This is jihad, until God produces different
circumstances in the world."
(Letter by Hazrat
Mirza quoted in Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 17, p.
17)
[6.]"Christian
missionaries have started a dangerous war against
Islam. In the field of battle, they have come out
with spears which are pens, not sword and cannon. So
the weapon we should enter the field with, is the pen
and only the pen. We believe that it is the duty of
every Muslim to join this battle."
(Malfuzat,
Part I, p. 217)
[7.]"In our age the pen
has been raised against us. It is with the pen that
we have been caused pain and suffering. In response
to this, the pen is the thing which is our
weapon."
(Malfuzat,
Part I, p. 44)
[1.]"It should be known
that the Holy Quran does not arbitrarily give the
command to fight. It gives the command to fight only
against those people who prevent others from
believing in God, and stop them from obeying His
commandments and worshipping Him. It gives the
command to fight against those who attack the Muslims
without cause, expel them from their homes and
countries, and prevent people from becoming Muslims.
These are they with whom God is wroth, and Muslims
must fight them if they do not desist."
(Nur al-Haq,
vol. i, p. 46)
[2.]"In short, Islamic
battles fall into only three categories: for
self-defence; for punishment, i.e., blood for blood;
for establishing freedom, i.e., to break the power of
those who kill converts to Islam. Since there is no
direction to force a person into the faith by means
of coercion and threat of murder, it is utterly vain
and pointless to wait for a blood-shedding Mahdi or
Messiah, for it is not possible that such a person
could come, against the teachings of the Quran, and
make people Muslims by the sword.''
(Masih
Hindustan Main, pp. 18--19)
[3.]"We are commanded that
we should make the same kind of preparation to face
the unbelievers as they do to confront us. Or that we
treat them as they treat us, and as long as they do
not raise the sword against us, we do not raise it
against them till then."
(Haqiqat
al-Mahdi, p. 28)
[4.]"In the early days of
Islam, defensive wars and physical battles were also
necessary because those who preached Islam were
answered in those days, not by reasons and arguments,
but by the sword. So in reply the sword had per
force to be used. But in these times the sword
is not used in answer, but the pen and the argument
is used to criticise Islam. This is the reason why,
in this age, God has pleased that the work of the
sword be done by the pen, and the opponents be routed
by fighting them with writing. Hence it is not
appropriate now for anyone to answer the pen with the
sword."
(Malfuzat,
Part I, p. 59)