The Victory of Islam — Page 20
20 death. In addition, wherever the prevailing circumstances of a country become perilous in consequence of the deadly poison of misguidance, it should always be our concern to distribute our books there without delay, and those books should be seen in the hands of every seeker after truth. Nevertheless, it is obvious that this objective cannot possibly be achieved in its fullest and most perfect sense if we always maintain the mindset that our books should be disseminated through selling. To disseminate books exclusively through sales, and to forcibly thrust religion into the material world due to selfish motives, is the most worthless and objectionable approach. And due to the resulting misfortune, nei - ther could we rapidly distribute our books throughout the world, nor could we give those books to people in large numbers. Without a doubt, the assertion is true and absolutely true that were we to, for instance, distribute 100,000 books free of charge, we could dispatch all of those books to far and distant countries in just twenty days, and we could circulate them gen - erally across every echelon [of society] and every locale, granting them to every seeker after truth and everyone searching for the right path. In the event we imposed a price for such distribution, we would probably be unable to accomplish such an operation of this lofty calibre even over a period of twenty years. In the case of sales, we would lock up the books in cases and would wait for purchasers; that is, when will someone arrive or send a letter [of request]. During this prolonged period of anticipation, it is quite likely that we ourselves may depart from this very world while the books remain locked up and bound in cases! Hence, whereas the scope of selling is quite restricted and seriously obstructs the true objective, extending the work of a few years to centuries; and no