Message of Peace - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

MESSAGE OF PEACE 37of His Prophet, which worked magic on their hearts, whatelse could it have been which gravitated them so irresistiblytowards Islam? What magic transformed them and made thembow on the threshold of a humble man who had once treadedthe streets of Mecca without any kind of friendship, wealth,or power? There had to be a spiritual hand which lifted themfrom such lowly depths to such dazzling heights. Even moreamazing is the fact that many among them were those who, intheir earlier stages of rejection, were sworn enemies of theHoly Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)and thirsty after his blood. I see no greater miracle than thisthat one so helpless, poor and penniless as he, could washtheir hearts of all the stains of enmity and hatred and drawthem so powerfully towards himself. So much so that they castaway their royal garments willingly for the sake of God andaccepted the humility of being clothed in sackcloth.Some, in their ignorance, blame Islam of Jihad [wagingwars] to spread its message and of gaining converts at thepoint of sword. They claim that these converts were forced tochange their religion under the threat of the sword. Woe tothem a thousand times! They have exceeded all limits in theirinjustice and in their efforts to conceal the truth. O pity!What is wrong with them, that they wilfully turn away fromrealities? Our Holy Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allahbe upon him) did not appear in the land of Arabia in thecapacity of a monarch. It therefore cannot be suspected thathe had royal majesty and power with him, such that thepeople gathered under his banner for fear of their lives.Now the question one faces is simply this: When hewaged his lone spiritual battle for the pronouncement of