# Quote — V. S. Naipaul, Among the Believers

> The time before Islam is a time of blackness: that is part of Muslim theology. History has to serve theology.”

- Author: [V. S. Naipaul](https://www.leafyquotes.com/v-s-naipaul.md)
- Book: [Among the Believers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/v-s-naipaul/among-the-believers.md)
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