For this age, Allah appointed the Promised Messiah(as) to fulfil this objective. With regard to the attacks made on the blessed person of the Holy Prophet(sa), in this age, the Promised Messiah(as), himself, and later on by following his teachings, his Khulafa’, guided the Community and demonstrated responses that bore [positive] consequences. I shall present a couple of examples of this so that the achievements of the Community are made clear to those who allege that by not participating in the boycotts and by not joining them Ahmadis demonstrate that we feel no pain over the defamation of the Holy Prophet(sa).
Our response always is, and always should be, one that is lucid in conveying the blessed model and teachings of the Holy Prophet(sa); and lucid in, as well, presenting the teachings of the Holy Quran. Rather than be involved in subversive activities when faced with attacks on the blessed person of the Holy Prophet(sa), we turn to Allah and seek His help. I shall now present two examples, which show the honour of the love of the Holy Prophet(sa) of his true and ardent devotee, the Promised Messiah(as).
The first example is that of Abdullah Atham, who was a Christian and had revealed his extremely depraved mind by using the word Dajjal, God forbid, for the Holy Prophet(sa) in his book. At that time, a discussion was underway with the Promised Messiah(as) about Islam and Christianity. A debate was ongoing.
The Promised Messiah(as) states:
“Thus, I was engaged in debate for fifteen days, the discussion continued and I privately continued to pray for Atham's chastisement; that is, for punishment for the words he had used. When the discussion was over I said to him that one debate has ended but a contest of one sort remains, which is from God and is that you have termed our Prophet(sa) with the name Dajjal in your book Andruna Bible. I deem the Prophet(sa) to be truthful and honest and believe the religion of Islam to be from Allah. Thus, this is the contest that shall be settled by the heavenly decision, and the heavenly decision is that whoever among the two of us is a liar and unfairly terms the Prophet(sa) as a liar and Dajjal and is an enemy of the Truth, shall, during the lifetime of the person who is truthful, be doomed to nether hell within fifteen months from this day onwards; unless he turns to the Truth. That is, desists from calling the truthful and honest Prophet(sa), Dajjal and abandons impudence and foul language. It is thus said because simply denying a religion does not determine punishment in this world. Rather, it is brazenness, impudence, and foul language that determines punishment.”
The Promised Messiah(as) further states:
“When I said these words his face turned pale, he was ashen and his hands began to tremble. He then promptly stuck his tongue out, put his hands to his ears and started shaking his head and his hands in the manner that a frightened criminal vehemently pleads not guilty and comes across most repentant and humble. He kept uttering, again and again, that he had not been disrespectful and impudent, and he did not ever speak against Islam again.”
So this was the response of the gallant of God who had a great sense of honour for the Holy Prophet(sa) and who would challenge those who committed acts like these.
Then there was a person called Lekh Ram, who used abusive language for the Holy Prophet(sa). The Promised Messiah(as) tried to stop him from this impertinence. He did not desist. Eventually the Promised Messiah(as) prayed and Allah revealed to him the news of the man's painful death.
The Promised Messiah(as) says that:
“Allah the Exalted has given me a pledge about the enemy of God and the Prophet(sa), who uses foul and vulgar language for the Holy Prophet(sa) and is called Lekh Ram. Allah the Exalted has accepted my prayer and in answer to my malediction for him, gave me the tidings that he shall die within six years. This is a sign for those who seek the true religion. This is exactly what happened and he died a most painful death.”