Twilight of the Sultanate c7.s4.7

c7.s4.7

It is here that we find an explanation for the conqueror's abnormal cruelties. If he could say his prayers amidst corpses and towers of skulls, it was not because he was a maniac who delighted in the destruction of his own species. He did it as a suppliant to God who had given him an opportunity to destroy the infidels and glorify Islam. He felt that he was a benefactor of humanity and through violence and bloodshed was purging the world of infidelity and wickedness. That is why a massacre meant to him an act of grace for which he prostrated himself in thanksgiving.