The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 292
292 Essence of Islam-III losophy which now holds captive hundreds of thousands of young Muslims, who make fun of the Islamic prayer and fasting and consider revelation to be a kind of hallu- cination. For those who are not able to learn European philosophy, a large stock of fictitious tales was cooked up too easy a job for the clerics' sleight of hand- which derided Islām in the guise of stories and historical events and was very widely published. In addition, they compiled countless books in refutation of Islām, blas- pheming our lord and master the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and widely distrib- uted them free of cost. Most of these have been translated into other languages. . . . Allah is Great. If our people still do not consider these missionaries to be Dajjal of the highest order, for whose refutation a Messiah is needed, then the plight of our people is pitiable indeed! Look, ye heedless ones, just look how hard these people are trying to demolish the edifice of Islam and what large resources they have employed for this purpose. In their endeavours they have exposed their lives to danger, spent their wealth like water, and indeed they have carried their human abilities to the limit. They have adopted shameful means and implemented them to undermine righteous- ness, and they have laid down mines to destroy the truth and honesty. All the finely fabricated details of falsehood and pretence have been strenuously invented to bring ruin to Islām. If people's minds could not be corrupted by other means, they invented thousands of supposed sto- ries and dialogues to do this. Is there any method of the ruin of truth that they have not invented? Is there any way of misguidance that they have not adopted? Thus it becomes obvious that all these tricks and charms which