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cle oil Gil De 250 eye yâale ar Jilée 
rélub oo GK Pole De Dyuls dite 
ps Pere Em a ere mél ol D° se 
(OEM) ju ol Lis Doc) al, SU) 
gpl EG Gel selélt, ELU sl 5 
dl + lelubhe sd lin eh issus 
pe rt Je où dal 5 Lt 
ge pd on El spé oredl de ele 
FL ele OÙ Si AL, or vole 
yo gl lei ul Jisb ll) SL el 
si el af, 
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ie dé o&LS GI Li cusb, Gui 
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M-BEG, 
of two thousand warlike men of their own 
tribe and’ relations. Having quitted their na- 
tive land, and left their habitations without 
the hope of seeing their home again, they put 
their confidence in God and, with the inten- 
tion of making war for their religion and of 
spreading Islam as far as possible in the dis- 
tant parts of the countries of the infidels, they 
travelled to the remotest parts of those coun- 
tries and in doing so they awaited the time 
when the Lord might command them to ful- 
fil His decree of Predestination. 
If it should be asked: what mystery could 
there be in their leaving the two sacred, safe 
and blessed cîties (Mekkeh and Medineh) which 
are the sources of faith and religion and which 
are themselves worthy of being places of re- 
fuge for all men of the different regions of 
the world? — I answer: — God knoweth best 
the truth of all things, and to Him we are 
to return at the day of judgement **, — that 
when the shining sun of Islam rose from the 
orient of power and strength, penetrating 
with his light into all quarters and enlighten- 
ing all regions with his rays; so that Sa- 
tan, as it is said by the holy (Prophet), des- 
paired of the true ‘worshippers of God being 
confined to the peninsula of the Arabs *; 
and as the merits of Dyjihéd or war for 
religion, against the iufidels and of dying 
38 The expression here put between two dashes, we meet often in the historical books but with some 
variations: it depends upon the author to modify 
the term, which originally is vérÿ simple indeed : 
| 4y) God knoweth best. — The reason, why Musulmans use it so often, is the following: Every narra- 
tion, or even declaration, not founded on the Xoran, 
the Sunnet, otherwise Hadees, or any other authority 
commended by the law is regarded as true or as false (JAI) » Gal Ji il). Therefore  pious 
historians always use this expression even in those 
they relate. 
cases when they are convinced of the truth of what 
°* That is to say: Satan with all his machinations could not stop the progress of the religion of Islam, 
nor prevent its overflow beyond the limits of Arabia. 
