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The city of Lahore was bathed in the harsh, dusty light of a June afternoon. Inside the cool, marble halls of the Punjab Public Library, a young history student named Daniyal sat with his head in his hands. His table was cluttered with open books—colonial accounts, orientalist critiques, and fragmented translations. He was trying to write a thesis on the early life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), but he felt lost.

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"Arab... wo sarzameen jahan Al-Quran nazil hua..." (Arabia... that land where the Quran was revealed...)