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Prophet, but the object of that fighting was victory not
vengeance, defeat of the enemy and not his extermination,
and, in a word, to establish the Religion of Islam as the
Kingdom of God upon the earth. In fact, when the Crier
in the desert shouted, aloud, "Prepare the way of the Lord,
and make straight His paths," he was alluding to the Religion
of the Lord in the form of a Kingdom which was drawing
nigh. Seven centuries before, the Prophet Isaiah had cried
out and pronounced the same words (Isa. xl. 1-4); and a
couple of centuries later Allah Himself paved the way for
Cyrus by raising and filling up every valley, and by lowering
every hill and mountain, in order to make the conquest easy
and the march rapid (xlv. 1-3). History repeats itself, they
say; the language and its meaning is the same in both cases,
the former being a prototype of the latter. Allah had
smoothed the path for Cyrus, subdued his enemies to the
Persian conqueror because of His House in Jerusalem and
vengeance, defeat of the enemy and not his extermination,
and, in a word, to establish the Religion of Islam as the
Kingdom of God upon the earth. In fact, when the Crier
in the desert shouted, aloud, "Prepare the way of the Lord,
and make straight His paths," he was alluding to the Religion
of the Lord in the form of a Kingdom which was drawing
nigh. Seven centuries before, the Prophet Isaiah had cried
out and pronounced the same words (Isa. xl. 1-4); and a
couple of centuries later Allah Himself paved the way for
Cyrus by raising and filling up every valley, and by lowering
every hill and mountain, in order to make the conquest easy
and the march rapid (xlv. 1-3). History repeats itself, they
say; the language and its meaning is the same in both cases,
the former being a prototype of the latter. Allah had
smoothed the path for Cyrus, subdued his enemies to the
Persian conqueror because of His House in Jerusalem and