Tabligh Movement
3. UMMAH-NESS
Islamic Brotherhood
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means of even lighting up the Masjid-e-Nabavi (the
Prophet’s mosque). It was as late as the ninth year
of Hijra that the Prophet’s mosque was lighted by
Tamim Dari, who had accepted Islam in that year.
By this time, almost the whole of Arabia had
entered the fold of Islam. Various nations, various
languages, various tribes had come together to form
a single united whole. Only then was the mosque
lighted up. The divine light brought by the Prophet
had spread not only over Arabia, but all around it
as well. In whatever direction this faithful little
band of followers proceeded, people fell at their
feet. This Ummah was established only after a great
sacrifice of the interests of family, party, nation,
country, language and so on. Even family affairs
were not given prime importance because
everything had literally been subordinated to the
will of God and His prophets. Ummah can be
formed only when all relations and acquaintances
take on secondary importance. When Muslims were
one community, the murder of even one Muslim
was enough to shake all of them. Now the killings
of hundreds and thousands of them goes unnoticed.
