Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 124 Samson's great deeds are ahead, and Gairis is following closely behind

A piece of wood is 5 meters long, twice as thick as a thigh, and weighs nearly a thousand pounds.

An ordinary person would not be able to lift it even if he tried his best, but looking at the expression on Gaillis's face, he seemed quite relaxed.

No, is this also a miracle?
The imams were stunned. This, great strength? Is it a miracle?
It wouldn’t count as a miracle if an ordinary person were very strong, but the man in front of me was so strong, wasn’t it a miracle?
Anyone who dares to question and say that this is not a miracle, let that person come and lift it up!

"Ah? This, me, us, is this in the scriptures?"

An imam asked someone nearby.

"Does Darut count? He killed the giant, so he must be very strong..."

"Didn't God bless him to kill the giant? He couldn't have just relied on his own strength."

Another Imam replied.

The Darut they were talking about was the biblical David, who struck Goliath in the forehead with only a stone and a sling, knocking the giant down and chopping off his head with his sword.

But to be honest, Goliath's height was not particularly exaggerated. According to the records in the Bible, Goliath was six cubits and one span, with a total height of about 2.97 meters, close to 3 meters.

If it is an earlier version, then Goliath's height is recorded as four cubits and one span, which is about 2.38 meters.

"Hey, Elias, please say something. In history, is this kind of great strength really a miracle? You have read a lot of books, so tell us about it!" Several imams noticed the bearded imam with a sad face and asked him to express his opinion.

Then the bearded Imam shook his head as if he had given up.

"This is really a miracle. Although it is not mentioned in the Koran, I know that there was such a person who did something similar..."

[Samson and his parents went down to Timnah. When they reached the vineyards of Timnah, they saw a young lion roaring at him. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson so powerfully that he tore the lion apart with his strength, as if he were tearing apart a kid, even though he had no weapons. He did not tell his parents about this.]

Samson slept until midnight, then he got up and took down the doors of the city gate, its posts and its bar, and carried them on his shoulders to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.

——"Judges"

While the bearded Imam was talking about Samson's great achievements, Gairis, who was not far away, had already adjusted his state. He picked up the huge tree and rushed towards the gate of the tax farmer's mansion.

[With the merciful, you show mercy;]

【To the perfect man, treat him with perfection.】

[To the crooked, you treat them crookedly.]

You will save the afflicted people;

[You humble the proud eyes.]

You will light my lamp;

【Illuminating my darkness.】

I charge into the enemy camp through you

With that loud noise, the door of the mansion, which had been completely closed and bolted, was smashed into pieces.

Immediately afterwards, bursts of shouting and killing were heard from the tax farmer's house, followed by unbelievable screams and loud shouting.

Even the Imam and villagers outside the mansion could hear clearly that the people in the yard were shouting, "Monster! Monster!"

Before long, the shouting and screaming in the yard gradually subsided, replaced by sobs and groans.

Just as the villagers and the Imam were speculating about what terrible things had happened in the mansion, the Frank man came out of the mansion carrying a human head.

Behind him, there seemed to be a small stream flowing from the gate, but the water was red.

Garys returned to his original position and threw the head in front of everyone.

Looking at the familiar head, many village women screamed at once.

The Imam and the villagers stood with their mouths wide open in shock.

The head with a terrified face was none other than Farouk, an acquaintance of theirs, the tax farmer who had been rampant in this land for twenty years.

"From this moment on, the agricultural tax on this land will only be collected once, the 'royal tithe'. From now on, there will be no need for tax farmers to collect taxes for the lord."

The excessive taxes and levies were abolished. Everyone present knew that the excessive taxes and levies were abolished...

It was so brutal, so simple, just kill the tax collector, then naturally no one would come to collect the tax...

No, this?! Isn’t the logic between cause and effect a bit too crude?

At this time, an imam pulled the bearded man again and asked in a low voice: "Ilias, you read a lot of books, tell me, is it a miracle that you killed dozens of private soldiers alone in the yard?" When the bearded Elias heard the question from the person next to him, he was so sad that he wanted to cry but had no tears.

Is this a miracle or not? Even if the Frank was a false prophet and had no divine power, is there really a big difference between having it or not?
If that person wanted to strangle me to death, couldn't he just raise his hand?

No wonder the Frank said to him with a smile before: You have not done anything evil, why do you ask for trouble?

It seems that if the Frank wants to punish him, no one can stop him, right?
However, the bearded Elias said to the people beside him: "Actually, it really is... It was Samson. The Philistines burned Samson's wife and father-in-law with fire, and Samson chopped all the Philistines in half one by one."

"Later, the Philistines surrounded the Jews again and demanded that they hand over Samson. The Jews tied up Samson and sent him out. Then, when Samson arrived at the Philistine camp, God loosened the ropes on Samson... Then, Samson alone, holding the bone fragments, killed a thousand Philistines."

[Samson saw the new cheekbone of a donkey, and he reached out to take it, and he killed thousands of people. He said, "I used the cheekbone of a donkey to kill people, and the bodies were piled up like a pile. I killed people with the cheekbone of a donkey, and the number of people I killed was more than a thousand."]

—Judges 15:15-16
The story told by bearded Elias is quite horrifying when compared with the current situation.

Especially now, there is still blood on Garys' body, and this blood obviously cannot come from Garys himself.

When I see the Imam, I feel like my world view has collapsed. No, this killing is so severe, it's really a miracle!

The bearded man replied that it was not enough to just kill someone normally, one had to be as powerful as Garys or Samson to be considered a miracle...

"Now, Reynard's minions have been killed, and the ark leading to the new era is being built. Those of you who are willing to board the ship can come along. If you don't want to, I can't do anything about it."

Gailis's words were quite indifferent, but the bloody smell in them could not be concealed.

Of course, strictly speaking, Samson was not really a prophet but only a judge.

The Period of Judges was a transitional period in Jewish history, when the Jews had not yet established a unified monarchy.

They were divided into several tribes, which sometimes joined forces to fight common enemies, or simply fought among themselves.

When faced with foreign invasion, the leadership of the judges brought temporary stability and order to the Jews, and they were considered to be leaders sent by God to save the Jews.

But it is also true that in the records of the scriptures, when the judges obeyed God's teachings, they possessed divine power granted by God, and when the judges violated God's teachings, the divine power would disappear...

If we consider it by this standard, Gaillis's identity and mission are actually self-evident...

Therefore, after the bearded Imam understood the whole process, he immediately testified loudly that Gairis was the messenger and servant of Allah, and that Gairis would lead everyone to build the ark to the new era, and he would follow Gairis until his death!
He firmly supports whatever plan Gillis proposes! He will follow Gillis until his death whatever path he takes!
The matter of the zakat distribution plan was easily decided.

Among the Imams present here, after seeing the shocking sight of Gairis smashing the door, and smelling the blood and seeing the tax collector's head being thrown among the crowd, which blind man would dare to question it?

Coincidentally, they are all the most "flexible" Hanafi sect.

Therefore, they all said that the appearance of Gairis at this moment was something that was not mentioned in the Quran and the Hadith, so it should be treated as a special matter!

From now on, Garys will be recorded in their list of prophets!
He is a prophet from previous generations who was not recorded in the Quran but appeared in history!

Garys fully meets the characteristics of a prophet!

He is a righteous man, a trustworthy man, a wise and clever man, a man who will not commit any sin, and a man who tells the world the true meaning of Allah!
Allah sent Qais and asked the people to follow his example of consistency in words and deeds!

In this way, Gailis gained a group of religious people who could be used temporarily to help him preach and teach among the Muslim community.

Although Gailis did not include this group of people into the cult, it was enough for them to be used temporarily as peripheral personnel.

Garys was not worried about these people arguing distortedly.

Anyway, the main armed forces under his command are mainly Franks. Will the Franks care that the person they are going to kill is the Imam?

Secondly, Gaillis did not really deprive them of their privileges, but simply regulated them in more detail.

Even the issue of Zakat has been proposed with a better solution than before: use the Zakat to set up a foundation for unified safekeeping, and even invest it to increase its value, and then make a fixed payment every year.

For the imams, this amount may actually be more money than they had received before.

After all, in the past, tax farmers would compete with them for the right to collect zakat, and the rich would also shirk their responsibilities by saying that they had already given their money to the poor, so they did not have to give it to the imam.

Gairis's move was to recruit this group of Imams by standardizing the Zakat system and using military deterrence.

With the support of such a group of imams who are very influential to Muslim farmers, it will be much easier for Gairis to promote the constituency parliament system.

What's more, the parliamentary system is not something unfamiliar to Muslims.

The Shaura meeting of the Prophet Muhammad was an early form of parliament. It was a mechanism for consultation and deliberation, used for decision-making and dispute resolution.

Those who respond to Allah's call and pray, let them consult among themselves and give charity from what We have bestowed upon them.

— Quran 42:38
Centralized autocracy is not the only answer to this world. Different lands nurture different peoples and ultimately produce different fruits.

(End of this chapter)