Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 297
10 August 1905 297 to arrive, and death comes instead. Therefore, one should not delay adopting virtue. 1 10 August 1905 (Before ‘Ish a Prayer) True and Heavenly Civilization It was mentioned that an article in an English newspaper posited that Islam failed to spread in India because Hindus were themselves civi- lised, and Islam cannot spread in any civilised nation. The Promised Messiah as said: This is false. Except for a few tribes who came from outside (Quraish, Mughals, Pathans), all those who accepted Islam in India were native dwellers of India, such as Sheikhs, Khwajas, all clans of landed gentry, etc. All of them were Hindus previously. The Promised Messiah as said: Christians have a bizarre approach. If abundant acceptance [of Islam by a people] is shown, they say they were coerced to become Muslims, and if abundance is not shown, they say Islam had no effect. 1. Al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 29, p. 2, 3, dated 17 August 1905