Islam Rediscovered
11. Non-Violence and Islam
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had led to a veil being thrown over true religion,
which was the only vehicle for God’s truth.
God desired that through the final Prophet an
intellectual revolution be brought about which
would alter this unfavourable and artificial state of
affairs. That human sciences themselves become
supporters of the true religion so that according to
the established academic standard itself, the
religion of monotheism may be made an established
religion for the people.
By
izhar ad-din
in this verse is meant this same
divine plan being brought into a revolution by the
Prophet and his companions. This revolution set a
new process in human history. Its purpose was to
unravel all the veils of superstition which clouded
human judgement, and to lay bare the scientific
proofs hidden in nature, so that the truth of
monotheism could be brought to light for all
humanity. In modern times this revolution has
reached its culmination. There were two main aims
of this
izhar ad-din
. One, that the system of religious
persecution be put to an end, so that a propitious
atmosphere could be created for the performance of
