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30 Mohamed Arshad Ahmedi but rather were its well-wishers and wanted the Muslims to suc- ceed!! How true again was the Word of God revealed 14 centuries ago when He warned that the Jews and Christians will seek to extin- guish the light of Allah, i. e. Islam. In Surat Al-Taubah, Chapter 9, verse 32 : ‘They (the Jews and Christians) desire to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths; but Allah will permit nothing except that He will perfect His light, though the disbelievers may resent it. ’ The opponents of Islam must have been very pleased to see the religion of Muhammad(sa) in this sorry state, towards the end of the 19th century and being attacked on all sides by Hindus, Christians, Aryas and Athiests alike. Muslims were beginning to feel almost ashamed of their faith and began to give feeble excuses and apolo- gies for their beliefs.