Write about the (administrative and infrastructural) achievements of
Hazrat Umar Farooq and how did he contribute in the spread of Islam
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During the decade of Hazrat Umar's Caliphate, the two most powerful and extensive empires of the time, namely, Roman and Persian Empires, fell to the Arabs. The most striking feature of these conquests was that there was negligible bloodshed. The gentry and the common folk of those regions acclaimed the Arabs as their saviours from the tyranny and injustice of their erstwhile rulers.
The Arabs were guided by lofty principles of Islam, and their motive was the glorification of Truth and emancipation of mankind from oppression. To contain and suppress the forces of evil was the real task, they felt, God Almighty had entrusted to them, so that mankind - His great family, might recognise His Benevolent Hand working for their emancipation. This is borne out by some of the instructions Hazrat Umar sent to Hazrat Sa'ad bin Abi Waqqas, the Commander-in-Chief of the Arab fighting forces in Persia.
They were as under -
"Our secret of victory is our obedience to Allaah. If we start disobeying Allaah, as the Unbelievers do, we are at par with them and destiny will not move in our favour for the plain reason that in material equipment and numerical strength we stand no comparison with the enemy. We win against odds because Allaah is on our side or rather because we fight in His Glorious cause. But for His Help we would never win."