British Government and Jihad - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

60 Pages·2006·1.67 MB·English

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The British Government
and Jihad
(Government Angreizi aur Jihad)
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Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
The Promised Messiah and al-Imam al-Mahdi
(May peace be upon him)
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Government Angreizi aur Jihad
The British Government and Jihad
(English Translation)
Translated from Urdu into English by:
(1) Tayyba Seema Ahmed and (2) Dr. Lutfur Rahman

Revised by: Ahmed Muneeb Saeed and Munawar Ahmed Saeed
Composed by: ‘Abdul-Wahab Mirza
First Published in the United Kingdom in 2006
Reprinted in UK in 2018
© Islam International Publications Ltd.
Published by:
Islam International Publications Ltd.
Unit 3, Bourne Mill Business Park
Guildford Road
Farnham, Surrey GU9 9PS
United Kingdom
Printed in the United Kingdom at:
Raqeem Press
Farnham, Surrey
ISBN: 1 85372 749 0
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
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Contents
Publisher’s Note..............................................................................v
Abbreviations................................................................................vii
System of Transliteration...............................................................ix
Glossary of Important Terms.........................................................xi
The Author...................................................................................xv
1. The British Government and Jihad...................3
2. Addendum to the Booklet “Jihad” .................29
Index.............................................................................................43
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Publisher’s Note
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Government Angreizi aur Jihad is an Urdu booklet written in
1900 by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, the Promised
Messiah and the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at. In
this booklet, he refers to the Holy Qur’an and the ahadith
(sayings) of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa in order to explain
the true nature of the Islamic concept of jihad.
The author points to the peaceful nature of the Islamic faith
and explains that Muslims resorted to defensive war early in
their faith’s history only after suffering thirteen years of brutal
oppression. Divine permission to retaliate was granted for the
specific purpose of self-defense, to punish aggressors, and to
uphold freedom of conscience.
We are grateful to Tayyba Seema Ahmed and Dr. Lutfur
Rahman for their earlier translations. The revised version was
prepared by the Translation Team, headed by Munawar Ahmed
Saeed, under the direction of Vakalat-e-Tasnif London. Impor-
tant contributions were made by Ahmed Muneeb Saeed,
Hananah Zaheer, ‘Abdul-Wahab Mirza, Fouzan Pal, and
Karimullah Zirvi. May Allah bless them all. Amin.
Munir-ud-Din Shams
Additional Vakil-ut-Tasnif
London, March, 2006
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Abbreviations
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The following abbreviations have been used. Readers are
requested to recite the full salutations when reading the
booklet:
sa sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, meaning “may
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him” is
written after the name of the Holy Prophet
Muhammadsa.
as ‘alaihis salam, meaning “may peace be upon
him” is written after the name of Prophets
other than the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa.
ra radi-Allaho ‘anhu/‘anha/‘anhum, meaning
“may Allah be pleased with him/her/them” is
written after the names of the Companions
of the Holy Prophetsa or of the Promised
Messiahas.
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System of Transliteration
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This booklet uses the system of transliteration adopted in the
Five Volume Commentary and the Short Commentary of the
Holy Qur’an published by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at.
at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a, i, u preceded
by a very slight aspiration, like h in the English word
“honour.”
th, pronounced like th in the English word “thing.”
h, a guttural aspirate, stronger than h.
kh, pronounced like the Scotch ch in “loch.”
dh, pronounced like the English th in “that.”
s, strongly articulated s.
d, similar to the English th in “this.”
t, strongly articulated palatal t.
z, strongly articulated z.
‘ , a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be
learnt by the ear.
gh, a sound approached very nearly in the r “grasseye” in
French, and in the German r. It requires the muscles of the
throat to be in the gargling position whilst pronouncing it.
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q, a deep guttural k sound.
’ , a sort of catch in the voice.
Short vowels are represented by a for (like u in “bud”); i for
(like i in “bid”); u for (like oo in “wood”); the long
vowels by a for or (like a in “father”); i for or
(like ee in “deep”); ai for (like i in “site”); u for
(like oo in “root”): au for, (resembling ou in “sound”).
Please note that in transliterated words the letter “e” is to be
pronounced as in prey which rhymes with day; however the
pronunciation is flat without the element of English diphthong.
If in Urdu and Persian words “e” is lengthened a bit more it is
transliterated as “ei” to be pronounced as “ei” in feign without
the element of diphthong thus is transliterated as “Kei”.
The consonants not included in the above list have the same
phonetic value as in the principal languages of Europe.