Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

page 37

 
    at the point of the sword, were Westerners. Let us now hear
    what some non-Muslim Easterners have to say on the
    subject:
 

 8a. THE MORE I STUDY THE MORE I
    DISCOVER THAT THE STRENGTH OF
    ISLAM DOES NOT LIE IN THE SWORD.

      Mahatma Gandhi - the father of modern     India, in "Young India."  

  b. THEY {Muhammad's critics} SEE FIRE
    INSTEAD OF LIGHT, UGLINESS INSTEAD
    OF GOOD. THEY DISTORT AND PRESENT
    EVERY GOOD QUALITY AS A GREAT
    VICE. IT REFLECTS THEIR OWN
    DEPRAVITY... THE CRITICS ARE BLIND.
    THEY CANNOT SEE THAT THE ONLY
    'SWORD' MUHAMMAD WIELDED WAS THE
    SWORD OF MERCY, COMPASSION,
    FRIENDSHIP AND FORGIVENESS - THE
    SWORD THAT CONQUERS ENEMIES AND
    PURIFIES THEIR HEARTS. HIS SWORD
    WAS SHARPER THAN THE SWORD OF
    STEEL.

      Pandit Gyanandra Dev Sharma Shastri, at a meeting in Gorakhpur lndia). 1928  

  c. HE PREFERRED MIGRATION TO FIGHTING
    HIS OWN PEOPLE, BUT WHEN
    OPPRESSION WENT BEYOND THE PALE
    OF TOLERANCE HE TOOK UP HIS SWORD
    IN SELF-DEFENCE. THOSE WHO BELIEVE
    RELIGION CAN BE SPREAD BY FORCE
    ARE FOOLS WHO NEITHER KNOW THE
    WAYS OF RELIGION NOR THE WAYS OF
    THE WORLD. THEY ARE PROUD OF THIS
    BELIEF BECAUSE THEY ARE A LONG,
    LONG WAY AWAY FROM THE TRUTH.

       A Sikh journalist in "Nawan Hindustan," Delhi, 17 November 1947.

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