What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 42
( 42 ) Even after the ' time. of the early Khalifas-for 'about 70 years-· Muslims remained under one Government and were loyal to ·one State. Whether that State was good or bad, it ce:t;"tainly performed the functions of. uniting Muslims in one purpose; it provided the means of liquidating their differences. Then dissensions appeared and Muslims became the ·centre of groups. Spain became the centre of one group and this was divided against the rest of the Muslim world. Even these dissension and differences; however,. did not go beyond· a certain point~ The gr_eater part of the Muslim world was still united and · under one organisation. But 300 · years after the advent of Islam, this organisation became utterly disintegrated. · Discord, decay and dissolution became. the order of the day. The Muslim world became frag- mented. . . Truly did the Holy · Pr. ophet