The True Islamic Concept of Jihad — Page 34
[ 34 ] Which veil? In this respect, the Holy Qur’an says: 13 Allah has set a seal on their hearts and their ears, and over their eyes is a covering… 14 …it is equal to them whether you warn them or warn them not—they will not believe. The picture described in the verse: ‘the same unto them’ is being painted. God says that the veils of evil and oppression cannot be cut; but Maud u d i Sahib says that those veils were torn when the sword was swung. The quotation from Maud u d i Sahib continues: In fact, neither their stubbornness nor their arro- gance which stopped a person from bowing in front of the manifestation of truth, was left. Like Arabia, the other countries also accepted Islam with such speed that within a hundred years a quarter of the world became Muslim. And the cause of this, too, was the fact that the sword of Islam had torn the veils that were covering their hearts. ( al-Jihad fil Islam , p. 137–138) 13. ( al-Baqarah , 2:8) 14. ( al-Baqarah , 2:7). . . . . .