Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 77
28 October 1905 77 Islam did Not Spread in India by Force of the Sword The Promised Messiah as said: It is totally wrong to say that Islam spread in India by the sword. Certainly not. In India, Islam was not spread forcibly by the kings; they actually paid very little attention to religion. Islam in India is the result of the attention, supplications, and influ- ence of those saints and elders of the Faith who lived in this country. When do kings have the ability to instil the love of Islam in the hearts of the people? Unless a person manifests a model of Islam in his own being, he cannot have any impact on others. These saintly peo- ple annihilate themselves before Allah the Exalted and person- ally become the embodiment of the Quran and Islam, and a manifestation of the Noble Messenger, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. It is then that they are bestowed a power of attraction by Allah the Exalted, and they go on casting their influence upon fortunate souls. Nine hundred million Muslims came into being due to such people’s attention and power of attraction. No religion has ever spread with such abundance in such a short period of time. These people demonstrated an example of virtue and piety, and their manifest powers overflowed and drew the people to them. However, even these saintly people were not free from reproach and scorn. Although I am being targeted with insults more than these people, they all suffered. These ‘scholars’ of ours have always been up to something.