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with water unto repentance, but he who comes after me,
he is stronger than I; he will baptize you with fire and with
the Holy Spirit.” It was this fire and this spirit with which
Muhammad (pbuh) baptized the semi-barbarian nomads, the
heathen Gentiles, and converted them into an army of heroic
saints, who transformed the old waning synagogue and the
decaying church into a permanent and strong Kingdom of
Allah in the promised lands and elsewhere.

4. The permanence and the dignity of the Kingdom of
ALLAH

Is doubly assured by an Angel to Daniel. It is stated

that “all the nations under the heaven shall serve the
People of the Saints of the Most High.” It requires no
proof to say that all the Christian Powers show a particular
respect, and even deference when necessary, not only to
Muslim Powers, to Muslim sacred places and mosques,
but also to the local institutions of their Muslim subjects.
The mystery of this “service” lies in this: in the first place,
the Muslims always inspire respect and fear through
their dignified behaviour, attachment to their religion
and obedience to just laws, and their peacefulness; and
secondly, because the Christian Governments, as a rule,
treat the Muslims with justice and do not interfere with
their laws and religion.

Space does not permit us to extend our observations
over other points of this Divine Religion and Kingdom,
such as the Muslim Caliphs, Sultans, etc. Suffice it to
say that the Muslim Sovereigns are subject to the same
Quran laws as their compatriots; that justice and modesty
are the best safeguards for the prosperity and stability of
every State, Muslim or non-Muslim; and that the spirit
and the principles of the Book of Allah (Quran) are the
best guidance for all legislation and civilization.