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would follow the commands of God. For, if they are not like this, they would not prove useful on the battlefield-the battlefield where man has to confront the satan who is his most deadly enemy. This battle is going on all the time. (Malfoozat Vol. 1, p. 52) PEN NOT SWOR)) You should understand it well that the need of the time is not the wielding of the sword; it is the pen that has to be used. The doubts that our opponents have expressed about Islam and the assaults that different sciences have made, have drawn my attention to the fact that equipped witli the weapon of the pen, I should enter the battlefield and show them the miraculous bravery of Islam and its powers. I could never have been capable of entering this field, but it is the grace of God that has helped me and it really is a great Mercy for me that He likes a humble man like me to become a manifesta. tion of the honour of this religion. Once I counted the objections that the opponents have raised against Islam and I think the number was no less than three thousand, and this number must have increased by now. Let nobody think that Islam is so weak a religion that it can become the target of three thousand objections. It is not so. These objections have been raised by the people who lack understanding and who are ignorant. I should like to tell you that as I counted these objections I also pondered over them and have come to the conclusion that there are unique truths hidden under the cover of these objections- these truths could not be sighted by them (the opponents) because of their lack of insight and in fact it does happen in the wisdom of God that wherever an objector stumbles, there lies a great treasure of truths and spiritual secrets. I have been commissioned to uncover these treasures and to wipe away 12