Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 74
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 74 when they go home, they remain Hindu as they were before. Islam certainly did not spread with the sword but spread due to its pure teachings. Only those who raised the sword were given a taste of the sword. Now the opponents are being answered with the pen, arguments, proofs, and Signs. If God had intended for the Muslims to wage jihad, the Muslims would have been granted the greatest power to fight, and they would have been given command and control over the fabrication and use of tools of war. However, the situation is that Muslim kings get their weapons by buying them from the people of Europe. You have no sword. From this, it becomes clear that it is not Allah’s wish at all that you use the sword. Islam will now become prevalent through its teachings and miracles. I am ready to show Signs even now. Let any Christian priest come and stay with me for at least forty days. Swords are vulnerable to rust, but who can stain these fresh Signs with rust? The Means of Islam’s Victory It is a time of decline for Islam. If my method is not to the liking of these people, then they should tell me another way to bring about the victory of Islam; I will accept it. Now, every wise man has testified that if the victory of Islam can be achieved in any manner, it is only through this way, so much so that even Christians are convinced that the death of Jesus is the one approach by which their materialistic religion can be uprooted. If these people leave Christianity, there is no other door for them except to accept Islam and enter it. This is the only way. If another way is known to someone, then it is incumbent upon him to present it. Indeed, he is forbidden to eat and drink until he presents this way.