Khilafat and Mujaddidiyyat — Page 7
7 ﹸﻮﺍ ﱠﻗ ﹶﺮ ﺗَﻔ ﻭَﻻﹶ ﺟَﻤِﻴﻌﺎﹰ ِ ﹼﻪ ﺍﻟﻠ ﺑﹺﺤَﺒْﻞﹺ ُﻮﺍﹾ ﻭَﺍﻋْﺘَﺼِﻤ And hold fast, all together, to the rope of Allah and be not divided. 2 The Second Demand The second demand, regarding the ushering in of this grand revolution in its second period is that there should be coordination in all the projects prepared and all the plans adopted for the dominance of Islam and for bringing the entire humanity into a single Ummat. This is required in particular because, as God the Exalted has opened unlimited vistas for the spiritual progress of man, He has not provided him immunity from Satanic whisperings and devil’s interference. Man has been endowed with the perfect guidance through the Holy Quran but simultaneously he has been given the choice to accept or reject it. God says: ﹰ ﹸﻮﺭﺍ ﹶﻔ ﻛ ﱠﺎ ﻭَﺇﹺﻣ َﺎﻛِﺮﺍﹰ ﺷ ﱠﺎ ﺇﹺﻣ 3 If you wish, you may act on the teachings of Islam, being grateful servants of God; and if you desire, you may turn ungrateful to His favours with your own free will and thus fall into the wrong paths. At another place He says that the truth has come 2. The Holy Quran, 3:104 3. The Holy Quran, 76:4