The Universal Message Of Islam

THE UNIVERSAL MESSAGE OF ISLAM W hen Islam began, there were two tribes living in the Arab city of Yathrib (Madinah). One was Aws and the other was Khazraj. These two tribes were always fighting with each other. But when they understood the truth of the religion of Tawheed brought by Muhammad, and they entered into Islam, their fights came to an end. Two enemy groups became friendly groups. People who used to fight for their personal interests became united and began to struggle for higher human goals. Why did this happen? The reason was that earlier, both tribes only cared about their own greatness. The tribe of Aws tried to become greater than the Khazraj, and the tribe of Khazraj wanted to be above the Aws. In this way, two kinds of greatness kept clashing with each other, and they never reached agreement or harmony. But, when they discovered the greatness of one God through Islam, their separate greatness disappeared, and only one supreme greatness remained. Earlier, both tribes lived in separate