Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 114
114 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH be established which is affiliated to that Islamic organization which, in turn, should be linked not with any government but with a spiritual organization of Islam so that the other governments do not interfere. Since it would be a spiritual organization and will not meddle with the affairs of the government, such an organization would be able to unite the Muslims living in other countries and Islam would be saved from disarray. If the Muslims had acted upon the theme of this verse, they would have surely been saved from the degradation in the last period. A Regrettable Mistake of Muslims Muslims committed a mistake during the period of their decline. They presumed that since they could not establish an organization in the whole world to address both the religious and the secular, there was no scope for them to establish a purely religious organization. They also presumed that these two organizations could not be separated under any circumstances. When establishment of one organization became impossible, they abandoned the other too. It was the duty of the Muslims that after the institution of Khilafat came to an end, they should have made a centre for their national endeavours including the propagation of Islam in the whole world. Under this centre, they could have established the preaching missions in the whole world for the improvement of the morals of the people, teaching the