Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 164
164 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH transformed their fears into security. Sometimes after one hundred years, two hundred years, three hundred years or four hundred years and sometimes even after five hundred years, it was manifested that God loved them and did not want to let their desires go vain. There is no harm if the whole verse [ ] is applied to the nation as well, because it will mean the same thing in this situation that I have mentioned before—that is, if there was any fear that struck at the whole nation it was the domination of the disbelievers against Islam. Individually anyone may have fear that their son may die while others may also have a fear that their business may go into a loss. But the fear of a nation can only be national, and therefore, the fear that the infidels would somehow gain against Islam, also became removed by the nation through Islam. By these means Islam became so dominate, that its precedent cannot be found any where. The Awe of Khulaf a ’-e-R a shid i n on Non- Muslim Kings In the age of Hadrat Ali ra , when internal disputes and controversies increased by manifolds, the Roman king thought it good to attack the Muslims at a time when they were busy fighting with one another, and their power had been weakened by internal conflict. He thought that if the Muslims were attacked they would soon be defeated. When this rumour reached