Belief and Islam

asserted that Muslims had “deviated from the true path of Islam,”
and that he had had a dream wherein he had been given the divine
command to “rescue them from aberration.” He said what he had
learned from the books written by his masters, namely, Nezîr
Huseyn, Rashîd Ahmad Kankuhî and Khalîl Ahmad Sehâranpûrî,
who also were heretical people. The ruse they have been using to
mislead Muslims is to “always talk about the value of namâz and
jamâ’at. The fact, however, is that none of the prayers of namâz
and else performed by heretics is acceptable, since they are not in
the group of Ahl as-sunnat. The first thing these people have to do
is to read books written by (true) Islamic scholars, rid themselves
of heretical beliefs, and become true Muslims. People who
misinterpret the âyats with covered meanings in the Qur’ân alkerîm
are termed people of bid’at, or heretics. And enemies of
Islam who give such âyats meanings suitable to their treacherous
and heretical thoughts are called zindiqs. By doing so these people
are trying to change the Qur’ân al-kerîm and Islam. The real great
enemy who invent and feed these heresies are the British, who
spend billions for this ignominious purpose. Members of the
Tablîgh-i-jamâ’at, who are merely ignorant and ignoble tools that
have fallen into the traps set by the British unbelievers, are striving
to deceive Muslims by calling themselves Sunnîs, by performing
their daily prayers of namâz, and by telling lies. These people are
like stork-nests built on the tops of minarets, and shall be
subjected to eternal fire in the deepest ditches of Hell. Wearing
huge turbans, growing their beard long, putting on their long robes
called jubba, reading or reciting âyat-i-kerîmas, and then
misrepresenting them, is one of the stratagems that these people
use in their heinous programs to misguide Muslims. However, a
hadîth-i-sherîf reads exactly as follows: “Inn-Allâha lâ yanzuru ilâ
suwarikum wa siyâbikum wa lâkin yanzuru ilâ qulûbikum wa
niyyâtikum,” which means: “Allâhu ta’âlâ judges you not by your
figures and attirements, but by your hearts and intentions.” A
distich:
Kad-du buland dâred, dester pâra, pâra.
Chun âshiyâni laklak, ber kalla-i-minâra.
Because these people have been unable to answer the books
published by Hakîkat Kitâbevi and which prove that these
ignorant idiots are liars, they say, “Books published by Hakîkat
Kitâbevi are wrong and heretical. Do not read those books.” The
most conspicuous symptom whereby to diagnoze the heretics and
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