Be self-defeating || HISTORY || 10-07-2021
Sabkatgin was a Turkish slave, the Samanid rulers made him governor of Ghazni (Afghanistan) - later taking advantage of the situation he established his own independent government in the region - he ruled the Ghaznavid Empire from 977 to 997 Ruled
After Sabkatgin, his son became the ruler of the kingdom known as Mahmud Ghaznavi - he first attacked Somnath in 1024 - he heard that there was a Shiva temple here and a large amount of gold inside it. There is - he wanted to break the temple and get his gold -
Earlier in 1001, Mahmud Ghaznavi had fought Raja Jaipal near Peshawar - at that time Mahmud Ghaznavi had only 15,000 troops - compared to which Raja Jaipal had a much larger army, even if he had 300 There were elephants too - but Mahmoud Ghaznavi won the contest with great success - because of which his military terror over the people -
So when Mahmud Ghaznavi reached Somnath with his army, the Pandits here joined him and offered not to demolish our temple. In return, we would offer you a large quantity of gold and silver. Mahmud Ghaznavi replied: I am not an idol seller, I am not an idol seller, that is, I am not an idol seller, not an idol seller.
Mahmoud Ghaznavi presented himself as a representative of Islam - but his action had nothing to do with Islam - idol-breaking is not a principle of Islam - Islam makes its followers self-defeating, not idol-breaking. And looting the treasury of a temple or any institution is even worse, because it is absolutely haraam.
Self-denial means that man should not follow desire but follow the principle - he should rise above the psyche of the grave and adopt the method of humility - he should give importance to justice instead of self-interest - he should become godly instead of selfish..