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Bold Display of Kalima Tayyaba Before the Dictator-A Narrative by an Eye-WitnessFaheem Ahmad NagiThe Best Jihād is to say a justword before a tyrant ruler(Tirmidī Kitābul Fitn Bab Afzalul-Jihād)By the promulgation of theinfamous Ordinance 20 of 1984,by the equally infamous militarydictator of Pakistan, AhmadīMuslims were prohibited to ‘pose’like Muslims. To show theiraffinity and commitment with theIslāmic creed, Ahmadī Muslimsdisplayed Kalima Tayyabaon their chests,houses, and businesses. ManyAhmadī Muslims were arrestedfor this ‘crime.’ Shortly after thepromulgation of this ordinance,General Zia, the then President ofPakistan, decided to visit ChaudhrySir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra ,Pakistan’s first Foreign Minister,Chief Justice of the InternationalCourt of Justice, and the Presidentof the General Assembly of theUnited Nations, who was lyingsick in the house of his nephew andson-in-law (Chaudhry HameedNasrullah, the then Amīr of LahoreJamā`at) at Lahore, Pakistan. WhenRespected Amīr Sahib receivedthis news that General Zia is goingto visit his house, the LahoreJamā`at took a bold initiativeand decided to display KalimaTayyabafromthe entrance of the house to everycorner and wall of that roomwhere Chaudhry Zafrullah Khan rawas lying on his bed. Besidesthis, all the Ahmadī Muslimspresent there including ChaudhryZafrullah Khan ra had affixedthe stickers of Kalima Tayyabaon their chests.A team of volunteers includingYazdani Malik, Malik Tahir Ahmad(Present Amīr Lahore Jamā`at), Col.Basharat Ahmad, Fahim AhmadNagi, Abdul Halim Tayyab (PresentNational Secretary Umūr-e-ĀmaCanada), Munir Ahmad Javed, IjazAhmad, Mahmood Ahmad Dogar,Dr. Saleem Qaiser (Present NationalSecretary San`at-o-Tijārat, Canada)and Muhammad Shoaib Nayyar (asurvivor of the Lahore Massacre ofMay 28 th 2010, presently living inLeeds, Yorkshire, UK) was presentthere to perform certain dutiesincluding serving the entourage ofGeneral Zia. The party headed byGeneral Zia and accompanied bythe then Governor of the Punjab,Malik Ghulam Jilani, came andsaw all these displays everywherebut did not say a single word. ThePRO of the President asked me whyKalima Tayyaba was displayedeverywhere. I boldly replied thatwe wish to tell your President thatno one can break our relationshipwith Kalima Tayyaba and that if hewishes to arrest us for this ‘crime,’he can go ahead. By hearing thisdaring reply the PRO silently wentaway.There is None Worthy of Worship except Allāh,Muhammad is the Messenger of AllāhBold Display of Kalimah Tayyaba17