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It is well-known that the most indisputable fadhîlah is one recognised even by the enemies of the person who possesses it. Here are two examples out of hundreds:

The First: Mr Carlyle, the most famous philosopher of the 19th century, particularly on the continent of North America, said through his publications with his loudest voice to philosophers and Christian scholars, he wrote the following in his works:

“Islam was born like an extremely brilliant flame and devoured other religions like the branches of a dried tree. And this devouring was the right of Islam because those other religions — not confirmed in the Qur’an — are nothing.” Mr Carlyle also said, “The words most worthy of attention are those of Muhammad (asm) above all. For the true word is his.” And he also said, “If you doubt the truths of Islam, you will doubt the evident and decisive incontestable matters. Because the most evident and incontestable truth is Islam.”

Thus, this renowned philosopher included his testimony about Islam in various sections of his writings.

Second Example: Prince Bismarck, one of the most famous philosophers of the last century in Europe, said:

"I have studied all the revealed Books. Since they were all corrupted, I could not find the true hikmah that I was searching for for the happiness of mankind. But I saw that the Qur'an of Muhammad (‘Alayhissalâtu Wassalâm) was far superior to all the other Books. I found hikmah in each of its words. There is no other work that will serve the happiness of mankind like this. Such a work cannot be the word of man. Those who say that it is the word of Muhammad (‘Alayhissalâtu Wassalâm) deny the incontestable matters of knowledge. That is, it is evident that the Qur'an is the word of Allah."

Thus, by relying on the fact that the fields of intelligence in Europe and America have produced crops of such genius scholars in pursuit of truth, such as Mr Carlyle and Prince Bismarck, I too say with all my conviction:

Europe and America are pregnant with Islam. One day, they will give birth to an Islamic state, just as the Ottomans were pregnant with Europe and gave birth to a European state.

O, my brothers who are here in the Umayyad Masjîd, and my brothers who are in the masjîd of the world of Islam half a century later! I wonder, do these introductions from the beginning of this sermon till now not conclude that the true and ma’nawî ruler over the continents of the future and what will lead mankind to worldly happiness and the happiness in the âkhirah is only Islam and the true religion of the followers of ‘Îsâ ‘Alayhissalâm, which transformed into Islam and will divest from the superstition and corruption that it will follow the Qur'an and unite with Islam?