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Divine message from Almighty and understanding it by Muslim Ummah


ISLAM IS A DIVINE MESSAGE AND THE MUSLIM UMMAT IS ITS CARRIER.
 Unfortunately this fact was ignored and neglected not only by the common Muslims but also by many of the the elites and sheikhs. Consequently, the Muslims came to regard themselves as a nation in that idiom in which other nations of the world are 'nations', that is, on territorial considerations or racial peculiarities. However some Muslims of understanding hold that, unlike other nations, the Muslim nationhood is constructed on the threshold of religious ideology. But even they fail to realise that the reality lies beyond this limited concept of nationhood. 

The truth is that the Muslim Ummat is a community sent down to the world by Allah with a specific message , whose sole obligation consists in preserving this message, propagating it. and inviting people to fulfil its demands. Those who accept this message of Allah form one universal brotherhood, having certain obligations, and all believers belong to this universal brotherhood, or call it. a nation. After coming to know this unique character and function of this Ummat, it becomes manifest that the biggest responsibility of this Ummat consists in
(1) proper understanding of this message,
(2) fulfilling the requirements of this message,
(3) learning the essence of this message,
(4) inviting people to adhere to the demands of this message and its propagation,
(5) establishing a universal brotherhood of those who adhere to it, and
(6) fulfilling the obligations pertaining to this brotherhood.


             It is a pity that, within a century of the advent of Islam, the Muslims became forgetful of this of their responsibility. The Muslim sultans and kings were content with making conquests and expanding their domains, thereby collecting ransom and land-revenue, believing that leading a life of comforts and luxuries was the only end worth achieving. The ulama and the scholars limited themselves to scholastic pursuits, preferring the life of contentment and seclusion to the trails of the world. The sufis and the darveshes resorted to prayers and counting rosaries and adopted the cloistered life of the hermits, away from the busy life of the world. This resulted in that due to the absence of true guidance and direction, the Ummat became forgetful of its position, and the actual cause of the bringing forth of Muslim Ummat was lost sight of by all sections of the Muslim Community. 


DAWAH MANHAJ PRINCIPLES METHODOLOGY IN

THE HOLY QURAN AND MESSANGER LIFE

By 
ALLAMA SYED SULAIMAN NADVI (R.A.)

The celebrated biographer of Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam (Book Seeratun Nabi ) Great Islamic Scholar of last century founder of Darul Musannefin