Subkatgin was a Turkish slave, the Samanid rulers made him governor of Ghazni (Afghanistan) - he later took advantage of the situation and 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 against 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 was established.
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. Go-
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