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are attacked, the Muslim becomes a formidable foe. The
Quran is very precise on this point: “Wa la ta?tadu” - “And
you must not transgress” (or take the offensive). The Holy
Jihad is not a war of offence, but of self-defence. Though
the robbers, the predatory tribes, the semi-barbarous nomad
Muslims, may have some religious notions and believe in
the existence of Allah, it is the lack of knowledge and of
religious training which is the root-cause of their vice and
depravity. They are an exception. One can never become a
good Muslim without the religious training and education.

(b) According to the description of the Prophet Daniel,
the citizens of the Kingdom of God are “the People of the
Saints.” In the original Chaldish or Aramaic text, they are
described as “A’mma d’ qaddishid’ I’lionin,” an epithet
worthy only of the Prince of the Prophets and of his
noble army of the Muhajirin (Emigrants) and the Ansar
(Helpers), who uprooted idolatry from a great part of Asia
and Africa and destroyed the Roman Beast.

All the Muslims, who believe in Allah, in His angels,
Books, and Apostles; in the day of the Resurrection and
Judgment; that the good and evil are from Allah; and
perform their pious practices according to their ability and
with good will, are holy saints and blessed citizens of the
Kingdom. There is no grosser religious ignorance than the
belief that there is a person called the Holy Ghost who fills
the hearts of those who are baptized in the manes of three
gods, each the third of the three, or the three of the third, and
thus sanctifies the believers in their absurdities. A Muslim
believes that there is not one Holy Spirit, but innumerable
holy spirits all created and ministers of the One Allah. The
Muslims are sanctified, not by baptisms or ablution, but
their spirits are purified and sanctified by the light of faith
and by the fire of zeal and courage to defend and fight for
that faith. John (pbuh) the Baptist or rather Christ himself
(according to the Gospel of Barnabas), said: “I baptize you