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deceit, and concealing the truth—think that establishing societies, transforming souls,
personalities, and hearts, and building spirits and polishing them is accomplished with such
ease and so little sacrifice!
The aid of God will not be sent down until after long trials and intense tests: ‘Or do you
suppose you should enter Paradise without there had come upon you the like of those who
passed away before you? They were afflicted by misery and hardship and were so convulsed,
that the Messenger and those who believed with him said, ‘When comes God's help?’ Ah,
but surely God's help is nigh.’ (Qur'an 2:214) Those who wait behind their desks for the aid
to descend upon them while they are sitting upon their chairs do not understand the Sunna
of God regarding societies or His law regarding missionary activities.
One of the missionaries said to me: I have stayed in an office two years with another
employee who was not aware of my views throughout that time. I said: Therefore, for two
years you did not speak a single word of the truth which you carry in your heart!
Do you think that if Companions had done as many of the secret missionaries do today that
Islam would have gone beyond the borders of Mecca?!
What if Bilal had remained quiet and Yasir and Sumiyya [two Muslim martyrs in the time of
Muhammad] had acted fraudulently and `Uthman Maz`un had seemingly surrendered and
Abu Bakr had accepted the precondition of Ibn al-Daghna—who gave sanctuary to Abu
Bakr—to not raise his voice in (reciting) the Qur'an because his voice had an influence over
the sons of the Quraysh tribe? If those people had been silent in the face of the oppression