The Call of the Quran
2. The Call to God and Unity
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Prophet, they were full of Islamic zeal. They wanted
the religion they had discovered as the greatest
truth to be shared with other people. This zeal
required an outlet for its expression. The timely
despatch of Osama’s army was aimed at providing
Muslims with a suitable sphere of action. Seeing the
Romans’ aggression as the occasion for a military
encounter, the Prophet in his last days was able to
divert
the
Muslims’
zeal
towards
the
communication of the divine message among non-
Muslim communities. Hence, the energy wasted in
internal disputes was utilised for fruitful activities
in outer spheres. Had it not been so, the Muslims of
Arabia would have indulged in fighting among
themselves on the pretext of reforming each other,
as is evident from the prevailing situations in
almost all Muslim countries. The infighting among
Muslims themselves would have halted the
historical process of Islam before it had even begun.
But for the prudent decision of the Prophet to direct
Muslims’ ardour towards external fields, Islamic
history would have been an elegiac recital instead
of a record of the exemplary deeds of the
champions of Islam. Involvement in a lofty cause is
a guarantee of noble character. But Muslims had
