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Religion is unit and union
((Verily, this Ummah of yours is
one single Ummah and I am your Lord; therefore serve me))(1)
((And hold fast, all together, by
the Rope which Allah (Stretches out for you) and be not divided))(2)
((Be not like those who are divided
amongst themselves and fall into disputations after receiving Clear
signs: for them is a dreadful Chastisement))(3)
These
are some of the verses of the holy Quran which we find them ask as
in faith instinct it is, people to be united with each other, not
just because they are Muslims, as the Quran did not decide that this
unity is amongst Muslims only –as it is well known- but it decided
that it includes all humans. The people who have faith instinct you
shall find them believe and live the truth of: All humans are
brothers. But, who has disfigured and distorted instinct, so well he is the one who calls to separate
Muslims into ideological communities and political parties, such as;
Shi’aa, Sunni, Druze, Sophie, Ebadi, and some other colors and
forms. The one who has disfigured instinct and wrong distorted ideas
is unable to realize that diversity stems from the solidarity
(unit). All living organisms arise before millions of years from
one single cell, and then varied through after being similar with
one cell.
We
have learned since childhood to discriminate between males and
female, rich and poor, and Muslims and non-Muslims, and between
Muslim Sunni and a Muslim Shi’a, and so on within each ideology
there are different trends. It is not wrong to vary our spectrum and
our beliefs, and it is not, and it is never a mistake for
individuals to divide themselves under certain religion, certain
state, or certain race, but the problem arises when this division
creates conflicts, hate and wars. For that reason, we need to think
more, do we have a faith instinct or instinct has been disfigured by
school education, and the teachings of our clergies, and the
instructions which are given to us by oriented and politicized media?
Those
who wish to be on the straight path must apply a true belief and a
faith instinct away from gossiping, and from denomination and
apartheid speeches, so they should be closer to the nature and
animals to learn from them. What the nature says is being approved
by Islam and animals before the religion of Islam by millions of
years. You will not find any species of animals killing each other,
or a lion killing another lion, nor a wolf kills one another, unless
the case of assaulting one wolf on a lion place, so they quarrel
without killing, then they just simply forget each other, and the
hostility ends and never continue, and even there isn’t any kind of
“revenge’’. Yes, in the animal Kingdome we find some species would
kill to satisfy its hunger, like a lion would kill a dear or a
sheep, but he seldom kills another lion. Mankind only hold the
feelings of hates, malice, and would kill even his relatives for
some concepts he invented himself; Concepts like freedom, religion
or politics!
((And hold fast, all together, by
the Rope which Allah (stretches out for you) and be not divided))(2)
Islam
emphasizes the unity Therefore, who seeks to divide them using the
name of religion; he simply acts against the teachings of
God.
Islam
emphasizes the unity of all Muslims not because Muslims are all
under one religion, but this concept comes from the concept which
the Holy Quran itself emphasizes it repeatedly that all humans are
brothers.
((O mankind We created you from a
single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and
tribes, that ye may know each other (Not that ye may despise each
other))(2)
Islam
also emphasizes that the goal
of all religions, and sending of apostles and prophets not solely to
call for the unification and worshiping of God away from Idols, but
to unify humanity all together, and to reduce tension among them.
The
tension created by jungle law, and the tension which is a result of
ignorance inside people.
((Mankind was one single nation,
and Allah sent messengers with glad tidings and warnings; and with
them he sent the Book in truth, to judge between people in matters
wherein they differed.))(4)
God
sends prophets to renounce the dispute between people, and to put an
end to it. The goal of all messages is a pure goal, they all invite
to spread peace and love, and
to
make humans close, but who follow and explain the teachings of
religion have being distorted and changed. As we all know that Jesus
for example called to love the others and to renounce weapons,
“Whoever fights with a sword, by a sword shall be killed.”
However, we will find in history that church blessed the swords and
the weapons of immigrants to the continent of America in order to
“preach the religion of Christ, so they guide idolaters to the
religion of monotheism”. But they killed, displaced, burnt and
invaded the land in the name of religion and civilization. How many
clerics, politicians, or arrogant create division among people? How
many ‘Pharaoh’ despises on the earth and make people dispersed
groups?
((Truly
Pharaoh elated himself in the land and divided its people into
sections, depressing a group among them: their sons he slew, but he
kept alive their females: for he was indeed an evil doer))(6)
‘Pharaoh’ is not a specific
name
for a certain person, it is actually a nickname, like the nickname
of Mr. or doctor or Lawyer. Pharaoh is the person who disdains on
earth and makes its people split, sect and separated to act
arrogantly toward each other, any individual does the same thing to
disperse among people, a tribal distinction, racial discrimination,
religion segregation and racialism he is acting as a pharaoh…
(Spoiling the earth)
Who
wants to disperse among people, doesn’t want things stay stable. He
wants them to stay osmosis and fighting to ask at the end his help.
If matters are settled among people, and get collaborated in
building a better life, so they will not need anyone from the
authority, they won’t need someone to do the act of Pharaoh. This is
the goal of politicians, they want problems keep going on in the
country, so they come and ask for the
solutions,
and they stay in their place in the authority. They create problems,
and they suggest solutions, and the authority remains in their hands
as long as they are holding the edges of the game…the problems and
the solutions!
So
be
aware.
Summary:
1.
Islam
emphasizes that Muslims are one nation, and whoever sets them apart
is actually acting against the Divine
Principle.
2.
The
unity of the Islamic nation does not contradict with the unity of
all humans, as without unity of all humans no
nation
can stand united.
3.
Islam
emphasizes that all humans are brothers and were created from a
single soul, and who acts this he works against God’s will, the
Divine Principle and
the Islam as well.
Ahmad Alfarhan
04/25/2015 Kuwait
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footnote:
(1) Sourat Al Anbiyaa – Verse 92
(2) Sourat Al Oumran – Verse 103
(3) Sourat Al Oumran – Verse 105
(4) Sourat Al Houjourat - Verse 13
(5) Sourat Al Baqarah – Verse 213
(6) Sourat Al Qassass – Verse 4
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