Through Force or Faith? — Page 197
Chapter 3 — Holy Prophet and Wars 197 contributed to its progress and its propagation. Let all those who malign that Islam had been spread by the sword take note that their claim is false… God, the Almighty, now desires and has so determined that all such objections as have been raised against Islam by malicious people should be effectively repelled. Those who allege that Islam was spread by the sword will now be put to shame. (Translated from Malf ūzā t, vol. 3, pp. 176, 1984, London)