The Call of the Quran
2. The Call to God and Unity
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exalted qualities that are considered to be the key to
unity.
The history of Islam presents ample proof of the
above-numerated facts. The period of thirty years
after the death of the Prophet, when Muslims were
engaged in the task of propagating Islam in the
outer sphere, was marked by complete unity in the
Muslim ranks. But with the beginning of internal
conflicts in the last days of caliph ‘Uthman, the
process of the spread of Islam hung fire for ten
years. However, the task of propagating Islam was
resumed by Muslims when internal conflict came to
an end as a result of the voluntary withdrawal of
‘Hasan ibn Ali from the caliphate, and it continued
on course for the next twenty years. Again, it was
permanently disrupted due to conflict between
Banu Umayya and Banu Hashim on the issue of
political reform after Amir Mu’awiyah’s death
(60 A.H.)
Muslims are now paying the penalty for having
given up the cause of spreading Islam, thanks to
their unceasing internal conflict over the centuries.
These conflicts are ostensibly taking place in the
