خطبات طاہر (جلد 10۔ 1991ء) — Page 1019
1019 So a larger congregation symbolizes the Message of Islam that you must remain united, then once in a life time you are expected to go the Pilgrimage at least once in a life time to Mecca to indicate the universality of Islam۔The oneness is not just on the smaller regions or the small scale but it is on a much larger scale where all the Humanity is represented and you get together in one place in the world that is Mecca and show, demonstrate to the world that we are one۔The whole mankind is one۔There is no difference in color or creed or geographical entities۔Man is a servant of God where ever he is born, whatever color he is born in, and whatever language he speaks, so this is all symbolic language, to repetitively remind you that you belong to one God۔That is the meaning of unity۔On this I have been speaking to various gatherings in the world and I have been emphasizing this message not only to Ahmadies but some times to Non Muslims as well۔When I speak to them, people perhaps naively consider unity to be just a matter of belief, something which has to do with our thinking alone and has nothing to do with our practice or way of life۔It is not so, if that was just a matter of belief then Y) JYwould not be counted among five practices۔People know this and yet they do not know this۔How strange it is that all Muslims believe that Kalima is a part of five practices, Kalima is a not part of the five beliefs, the five beliefs are Allah, Angels, The Books, The Prophets and to believe in the day of