3. UMMAH-NESS ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD
English book, PDF p. 82
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
3. UMMAH-NESS Islamic Brotherhood ~ 82 ~ accounts, true believers. When they reached the frontier in Afghanistan in order to establish Islamic rule, the local people acknowledged them as their leaders, but Satan was close by to turn them against the newcomers. ‘How can you allow the outsiders to have the upper hand in your affairs?’ he whispered into their ears. The people succumbed to the temptation of Satan and revolted against them, putting many to death and expelling the rest from the country. Thus they broke the unity on purely regional grounds. God then placed them under the yoke of the English as a punishment. “Remember! The words, ‘my nation, my region, and my people’ all lead to disunity, and God disapproves of this more than anything else. “Ummah can be formed only when all its groups fully dedicate themselves to the task, ignoring all the differences between them. Remember that it is social evil that causes disunity. When one person wrongs another, subjects him to oppression or humiliates him, disunity is close at hand.

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