3. UMMAH-NESS ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD

3. UMMAH-NESS Islamic Brotherhood ~ 78 ~ 3. UMMAH-NESS ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD (This is the text of a speech delivered by Maulana Mohammad Yousuf three days before his death, on 30 March 1965, at Rawalpindi, Pakistan) “Listen! I am not feeling well. I have not been able to sleep the whole night. But I find it necessary to speak. Those who pay heed to the will of God and do good works will be rewarded by him. Those who do not will suffer the consequences of their wrong-doing. “The Prophet and his companions took great pains to establish the Ummah (the community of believers). The enemies have always attempted to divide them. Muslims fall a prey to their manoeuvring and have often remained severely at odds with one another. There was a time when they were united and by virtue of their unity they outweighed the whole world, in spite of the fact that they were only a few lakhs in number. There were no brick houses, no brick mosques, there was no