First Grain of Sand — Page 168
152 FIRST GRAIN OF SAND was about to say it again, my hat fell down behind me. The soldier standing behind me put the hat back on my head. I then made the statement with much more enthusiasm two or three more times to emphasize that I know very well that indeed One God exists. All the officers were looking at me very carefully. While I was repeating this statement, Allah Almighty put it in my heart that Lenin is their president who uttered the blasphemy that there is no God, and so I should say something about him. So I passion- ately pointed my finger at his large portrait and said loudly, He made a very bad mistake by saying there is no God. Despite the fact that I was very thin and frail at that time, my heart was very strong. They were all visibly amazed that I was shaking my arm with great force and zeal while pointing at him saying that he had done something very bad. One officer spoke up and said, 'Do you even know who this person is?' I replied, ‘He is your worst enemy. I continued, say- ing, 'While I am in his country, he is also an important political person for me. ' I pointed at him again and said, ‘But to say there is no God is an incredibly appalling and erroneous statement that he has uttered. At that moment, I noticed that they were all looking at me with great attention. I then said, ‘He said there is no God, but we are all friends. If there is no God, then I ask you: Who has united us all in the thread of friendship?' I then addressed them specifically and said: My friend, do you know what book the Quran is? This is a really good book sent down to us by One God, and it