In this day and age, where Muslims lands are being helplessly invaded and pillaged, At-Talib shares a speech of Shaikh Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi which shows that Islam can change the hearts of even the most ruthless of people. The conversion of the Mongols to Islam, the shaikh writes, was one of the few unpredictable moments of history.

Conversion of the Mongols to Islam was indeed one of the few unpredictable events of history. The Tartaric wave of conquest which had swept away the entire Islamic east within a short period of one year was, in truth, not so astounding as the Mongol’s acceptance of Islam during the zenith of their glory; for, the Muslims had by the beginning of the seventh century of Muslim era imbibed all those vices which are a natural outcome of the opulence, luxury and fast living. The Mongols were, on the other hand, a wild and ferocious, yet vigorous and sturdy race who could have hardly been expected to submit to the spiritual and cultural superiority of a people so completely subdued by them, and who were also looked down and despised by them.