Reply to the Anglican Church
One time, as a artifice, a pitiless enemy of Islam, a cunning politician, a suspicious parson who wanted to swagger and show off, in the form of denial,
asked us four things; at a terrible time he had his claws at our throat, in his glee at our misfortune;
he wanted six hundred words. A reply was needed like a slap in the face of his glee, and his wiles, and his denial, like spitting in his face,
to silence him. I won’t address him. I have the following answer for a lover of truth. He asked first:
“What is the religion of Muhammad (UWBP)?” I replied: It is the Qur’an. The basic aims of the Qur’an are the six pillars of belief and the five pillars of Islam. In the second he asked:
“What has it given to life and thought?” I replied: To thought, the affirmation of divine unity; to life, moderation and the middle way. My witnesses for this are Therefore stand firm [in the Straight Way] as you are commanded. ❋ Say: He is Allah, the One. In the third, he said:
“What remedies has it for the present atrocities?” I replied: The prohibition of usury and interest and the payment of zakat. My witnesses for this are these: Allah will deprive usury of all blessing. ❋ Allah has permitted trade and forbidden usury. ❋ And be steadfast in prayer, and practise regular charity [zakat]. In the fourth, he asked:
“How does it look on man’s revolutions?” I replied: Labour, striving, are fundamental. Wealth should not be accumulated in the hands of tyrants, and held on to.
My witnesses for this: Man has nothing save that which he strives. ❋ Those who store up gold and silver and do not spend it in Allah’s way, announce to them a most grievous penalty.