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is to convert some of the Muslim Negro tribes to Protestantism. Every community is toiling for the advancement of its people, and we (i.e., Muslims) sleep on!Although it was not clear what purpose impelled this man or where he was tending, see how the zealous efforts of Protestant leaders have spread his doctrines far and wide.
Now if the illustrious people of the one true God, the recipients of His confirmations, the objects of His Divine assistance, should put forth all their strength, and with complete dedication, relying upon God and turning aside from all else but Him, should adopt procedures for spreading the Faith and should bend all their efforts to this end, it is certain that His Divine light would envelop the whole earth.
A few, who are unaware of the reality below the
surface of events, who cannot feel the pulse of the
world under their fingers, who do not know what a
massive dose of truth must be administered to heal this
chronic old disease of falsehood, believe that the Faith
can only be spread by the sword, and bolster their
opinion with the Tradition, "I am a Prophet by the
sword." If, however, they would carefully examine this
question, they would see that in this day and age the
sword is not a suitable means for promulgating the
Faith, for it would only fill peoples' hearts with revulsion
and terror. According to the Divine Law of