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Islam and the Quran
intellectual means that led to the spread of the message
of Islam.

This was a phenomenon of that age. It was an age where if
a king or tribal chief adopted a religion, it was cascaded
to the entire population in that area. If the head of the
tribe accepted Muhammad as a prophet, then everyone
in his tribe would embrace Islam as per tradition. Just
as, when Constantinople had adopted Christianity, it had
led to a mass conversion of all his subjects to Christianity.

In the words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the primitive
society was a tribal society and the chief of the community
was the head for the whole of the community. But this
age has now come to an end and this phenomenon shall
not repeat itself.

It is common that every truthful person, who has attained
realization, wants to spread the truth to others. The truth
is a motivating spirit and anyone who believes in it shall
leave no stone unturned to convey it to people around
him. For example, Swami Vivekananda reached the US
without any wherewithal and despite great difficulty
only so as to transmit the message he believed in.

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