Fariq Naik – The Sword that Forced People into Accepting Islam

Fariq Naik
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The speaker discusses the history of Islam in India and the confusion surrounding it. They also mention the largest number of non-Muslims in the country and their bearing witness to the spread of Islam. The speaker provides insight into the significance of the sword ofuted Alaihi Wasallam and the importance of taking it to carry on.
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We Muslims, we ruled India for a thousand

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years.

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If we wanted, we could have converted each

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and every non-Muslim on the point of

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the sword.

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We didn't do it.

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Today, more than 80% of the population

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of India, they are non-Muslims.

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These 80% non-Muslims, they are giving

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shahada.

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They are bearing witness that Islam was not

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spread by the sword.

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Indonesia has the maximum number of Muslims.

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Which Muslim army went to Indonesia?

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Which Muslim army went to the east coast

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of Africa?

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Which Muslim army went to Malaysia?

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Which sword?

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The reply to this is given by the

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famous historian Thomas Carlyle in his book, Heroes

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and Hero Worship.

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And he places Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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as hero number one.

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He says that the sword indeed, but where

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will you get your sword?

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Every opinion at its beginning, it is precisely

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in one man's head.

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One man against the whole world believes in

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it.

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One man against all men.

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That you will pick up the sword and

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propagate it will do little for him.

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You must take your sword and propagate it.

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Thomas Carlyle is talking about the sword of

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reasoning, the sword of intellect.

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