The Message or A Cry of Anguish

English translation of al-Balāgh Yā Faryād-e-Dard

In this book, al-Balāgh Yā Faryād-e-Dard, the Promised Messiah^as rejects the idea of presenting a Memorial to the Government, which he described as acknowledging defeat, and he laid down ten fine conditions for a person who could write a strong rejoinder rejecting point by point the malicious allegations levelled against the holy wives of the Holy Prophet^sa. The Anjuman Himayat-e-Islam, Lahore, prepared and sent a memorial on April 26, 1898, to the Government, but the Promised Messiah^as said that the step contemplated was not right. The Promised Messiah^as refuted the stand of the Anjuman and pointed out that Ummahatul Mu’minin was not the only publication which needed a reply. The Aryah Samajists and the Christian missionaries had been attacking Islam for the last 60 years; therefore, it was necessary to make a joint effort to counter this mischievous propaganda. He suggested that one man should be elected and put in charge of the work, choosing his own assistants, but care should be taken to elect a man who was spiritually qualified and really competent to do the job well. Like Prophet Joseph, who offered to act as a treasurer in the days of the great famine, the Promised Messiah^as offered his own service for this purpose if the people cared to avail themselves of it.

Author: Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Promised Messiah & Mahdi^as.