Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 377
2 May 1908 377 External Attacks on Islam You may also recall the time when they used to say that there was not a single miracle in the Holy Quran. They would say the prophecy of: 1 ِتَبِلُغ ُمْوُّرلا ِتَبِلُغ ُمْوُّرلا was simply a guess that the Holy Prophet s as made after comparing the two powers. This was how far things had advanced. Then, for a very long time, they had tarnished the pure and luminous face of Islam by alleging that Islam had spread with the force of the sword. In short, they had created such a mael- strom of varied accusations and uncalled for objections that in my estimation, if we were to pile up all the books and maga- zines they had written against Islam in the last half century, it would make a mountain. Knowledgeable people know that so many attacks have never been made against any other Prophet, nor was such foul language ever used against any other Prophet since the creation of the world, nor was any other Prophet abused to this extent or slandered to this degree. Look at the Aryas. Their books are filled with so much filth that I do not think any Muslim who has a sense of honour can read even a single line from these books, especially if you look at the books written by Lekh Ram. … The Internal Enemies of Islam In short, this is the status of the hostility of external enemies. The inner condition of the house [of Islam] is much worse than this. The enemy from within is causing greater loss and harm while claiming to be well-wishers. The condition of the reli- gious scholars, who were thought to be the pillars of the Faith 1. The Romans have been defeated ( S u rah ar-R u m, 30:3). [Publisher]