To what extent is the hadith "If the Arabs are lost, Islam is lost" or "If Islam is lost, the Arabs are lost" authentic?
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The aforementioned statement is not found in the books of . Islam did not glorify Arabs alone; non-Arabs have played a significant role in glorifying Islam. The majority of scholars believe that the Arab race is superior to others, but there are many individual non-Arabs who are superior to many individual Arabs.
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