The ‘ulama’, by tightly controlling what went into the history books, were able to propagate an understanding of their own dazzlingly rich and complex civilization that attributed almost every single thing of value within it to the Prophet, and the Prophet alone. There was no question of acknowledging the momentous roles played in the forging of Islam by countless others – be they autocrats such as Abd Al-Malik or scholars such as themselves.
-Tom Holland
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