Tabligh Movement
3. UMMAH-NESS
Islamic Brotherhood
~ 80 ~
“Ummah is not the name of a group belonging to
one nation or one place, but is formed rather of
people of various lands and climes joined together
into one whole. Those who consider a particular
nation or a particular people as their own are guilty
of destroying the Ummah by breaking it up into
separate entities. The efforts of the Prophet and his
companions towards unity are then rendered null
and void. It is Muslims themselves who have done
the Ummah to death. It was only later that others
played their part. If Muslims were to unite once
again, no power in the world could harm them.
Even atom bombs and rockets could not vanquish
them. But if national and racial prejudices are
allowed to creep in, then even arms and armies
cannot save us.
“Muslims are being subjected to oppression
throughout the world because they are disunited.
Feeling overwhelmed by the horror of the whole
thing, my heart is ready to break. As you know, we
have plunged ourselves into the plight we are in
because we are divided. People have almost
forgotten the difficulties the Prophet faced in