The Victory of Islam — Page 7
H H A A D D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD 7 does not brandish that Mighty Hand which holds within itself the power of a miracle and so long as He does not shatter this spell of sorcery into pieces with that miracle. So in order to thwart this enchantment, God Almighty granted this miracle to the true Muslims of the present age by sending this servant of His to confront the enemies—having honoured him with His reve - lation and word and His special blessings, and having bestowed upon him perfect understanding of the subtle intricacies of His path, and having granted him a multitude of heavenly wonders and miracles, and spiritual insights and subtleties—so that this Heavenly Stone may smash the waxen idol prepared by European sorcery. Therefore—O Muslims!—the coming of this humble one is a miracle from God to dispel the darkness of this spell. Was it not demanded that a miracle should also appear in the world to confront this sorcery? Is this idea so strange and incredible in your eyes that God Almighty should manifest such a divine radi - ance as bears the impact of a miracle to confront the most egre - gious degree of wile which has accrued up to the true [deceptive] nature of magic? O wise ones! Marvel not that God Almighty has sent down a Heavenly Light during this time of need and within these days of intense darkness, having designated a servant for the universal good, and sent him into the world for the purpose of [demon - strating] the supremacy of the message of Islam, promoting the light of the Best of Mankind [the Holy Prophet s as ], and to help the Muslims as well as to purify their inner condition. Rather, astonishment would have been applicable in the event that that God—who is the Defender of the faith of Islam and who had promised that He would forever remain the Guardian of the