Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 114
114 but their tongues would be different. 41 This is most strikingly wit - nessed at the time of the Hajj. One of the major aims of the insti - tution of Hajj was to uphold Muslim unity, but since Muslims have by and large abandoned the Arabic tongue, they are not able to reap any social, religious or cultural benefits from the Hajj. Had the Muslims kept alive the knowledge of Arabic, it would have served as a powerful bond between Muslims from all parts of the world that no enemy cut asunder. Another sign described by the Holy Prophet s as was that women, despite wearing clothes, would be naked. 42 This change has come about in two ways. First, silks and other fine fabrics are now produced in large quantities. In the past, they were only avail - able to the affluent but today everyone can wear them. The cloth is so thin that it does not serve to veil the body. Most of the world is in love with such clothes because they enhance female beauty. Secondly, this change has come through fashions that prevail in Europe and America where women tend to keep some parts of their body (such as cleavage, arms and legs) exposed, which would have been thought indecent in the past. Women are virtually naked despite wearing clothes. While among Muslims it is true on account of wearing transparent clothes, among the Christians it is because of exposing various parts of the body. Another sign foretold by the Holy Prophet s as is that women would keep their hair coiled up like the hump of a camel. 43 In Europe today women do not braid their hair like before, instead, they keep them puffed, giving the impression that something sits on their head. Women in other parts of the world are also imi - tating them. Just as people give greater value to European trends