Islam: The Ideological Super Power

again reached an impasse, finding no way out for its further advancement. At exactly that point in time the ideological power of Islam made its appearance. Muslims being in no position to take up arms to encounter them, diverted their field of action by silently engaging themselves in peaceful dawah work among the victorious Tartars. This act of dawah verified the dictum of the Quran that through dawah the opponents of Islam will become its supporters and friends. (41:34) The historians have acknowledged this event in quite clear terms. Philip K. Hitti, for instance, remarks, in his famous book The History of the Arabs: “The religion of the Muslims had conquered where their arms had failed” (p. 488) Now in the twentieth century the history of Islam has once again apparently reached an impasse. Our enormous amount of sacrifices have yet to succeed in taking the caravan of Islam forward. According to aI-Imam Malik the state of affairs of Muslim Ummah will be reformed by following the same course of action as were followed by the Muslims of the first phase to rectify their matters. In the light of this remark it can be safely said that we must once again opt for this tested method of the past. We must take such steps as put an end to the hostile situation prevailing between Muslims and non-Muslims. This would result in peaceful interaction between Muslims and non-Muslims in a normal situation. Hudaybiyyah symbolizes the greatness of the power of peace as against the power of war. Today once again we need to follow this course of action. As soon as this happens, the ideological power of Islam will appear to its full force—which is undoubtedly eternally