The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 46
Second Friday Sermon Aug 17, 1990 degree that is unparalleled in human history. So their crimes are always in disguise, their language has lucidity, and their presentation - aided by propaganda - carries a semblance of rationality. Anyhow, this crisis is deepening day by day. Many dangers have become quite obvious and there are many more that are still hidden from a cursory glance, but a profound look would reveal them. It reminds me of a fish-po11d we had. The first glance would show nothing more than water-surface; then slowly the fish that floated up to the water-surface would become visible, and finally a careful and penetrating look would reveal lower strata of fish that were not visible in the first or second glance. The political affairs of the world are quite similar. People usually have a cursory perception of events; with a little more effort they may see the fish near the surface. But to the i�pired vision of a true believer, the view is crystal-clear all the way to the bottom. There are many dangers that have not yet become apparent to you; time will bring them out. I pray, and I would like to include you in this prayer, that God may lift these dangers from the Muslim world. Now as far as the Muslim groups are concerned and their reaction is concerned it is a most painful and regretful reaction. I had fully elaborated this point in an earlier sermon and issued press-releases. Whether they were published or not, but I did arrange for the gist of that advice to be sent to the Muslim Heads of State. In gist, I invited them to make a recourse to the teachings of the Holy Quran in this regard. The Holy Quran says: _,. ,::;,,, ! 1J "I ,. ,. �i•1 :i. ,,,. r,�• r-: �,. . _;. . ,� ,a. ,,. . . - <S"' "!J �. . . ,1. :. :c,, "If you differ in anything, refer it t o Allah and His Messenger" (Holy Quran 4:60) It means that you should take the lead of the Holy Quran and Sunnah; this alone would guarantee your peace and survival. So, instead of trying to solve your problems through intrigue with other politicians, you should revert to the teachings of the Holy Quran and draw the guiding-light from it. Simply put, the teaching is this: whenever two Muslim countries are at war with each other, it is incumbent upon all Muslim countries to collectively put pressure on the party that they unanimously believe 46