With Love to the Muslims of the World — Page 6
6 that those who could not be united for the love of Moses as were suddenly brought together and behaved like one people by their hostility to Jesus Christ as , the Messiah and Messenger of Allah. It is only in this negative way that the prophets of Allah unite a people. According to the Holy Qur’an, such bridg- ing of gaps and of differences only creates a semblance of forged unity while in reality such people remain disunited. "Thou thinkest them to be united, but their hearts are di- vided. " (59 : 15) This is the unchangeable verdict of the Holy Qur’an. T HE T RUE U NITY C REATED BY P ROPHETS However, it is not only this ostensible unification of a divided people in this negative sense that is brought about by the Messengers of Allah, but there is also another type of brotherhood which is created by such godly people in the positive sense and which is, in fact, one of the ultimate objects of their advent. This process of creating one umma out of chaos is not brought about suddenly. Instead, it is a process which is accomplished through a long and painful journey of human sacrifices. The Holy Qur’an refers to this creation of one umma out of a scattered people and declares that it is only God Who can transform hatred into love. This power of God when it works through the institution of prophets, works wonders. Addressing the Muslim brotherhood of the time of the Holy Prophet sa the Holy Qur’an says: