UNITY
OF ALLAH:
History
proves that the nations which believed in the Unity of Allah progresses
so fast that people are bewildered. For example, take the case
of Protestants. Christians paved their way towards progress and
prosperity after coming into existence of this sect. similarly
is the case with Arya Samaj which came into existence in the last
century. This sect claims to believe in one God. Their belief
in one God is so significant in comparison of Islamic belief on
one Allah as gold is to copper because these people though taking
Allah as all powerful and everlasting accept soul and matter as
permanent and everlasting with Allah. Despite this spurious Unity
of Allah, they raised the Hindus from the slumber of thousands
of years and have infused in them new and have infused in them
new spirit of unity and organization which is not hidden to the
thinking mind and to those who have reflected upon the present
day awakening among the Hindus. Now the question arises after
all what is hidden in this belief which is so much effective and
workable in the development and prosperity of the group and the
nation. There are many reasons. Firstly the thing which is always
visible to the naked eye loses its prestige and respect. As Allah
is not visible and seen, there is no decrease in his prestige
and respect. Secondly the thing which remains before our eyes,
man knows its qualities, habits and nature slowly and gradually.
As Allah is not visible, man can never know his real nature. Therefore,
he lives between fear and hope so that he is neither careless
not hopeless. Thirdly the believer in Allah knows that the idols
of non believers and heretics have been created by Allah. Hence
he neither fears their god nor the non believers. Fourthly as
the Momin does not bend his head to any body except Allah and
expects no help from anybody hence he is free from servile mentality.
Fifthly, believers in Allah never lose their power of action as
they knows that Allah never does any work by Himself but helps
those who help themselves. Therefore, they go on working and struggling
in the hope of help of Allah and believe in their success. Contrary
to this those who believe in powers other than Allah, for example,
pirs, and saints, as they see them present before their eyes,
do not act and struggle for themselves and become careless hoping
in the fulfillment of their desire through the blessings and amulets
of Pir Sahib and why should they labour at all. In this way they
lose their power of efforts and struggle. The sixth reason in
spiritual those who have perfect faith in Allah possess in their
heart such warmth and magnetic power which carries them through
hard struggle and privation cheerfully. And they never get tired.
Seventhly, these Momins believe that if they continue acting upon
Allah’s orders and injunction they will be successful in
this world and will get better paradise and unlimited blessings
in the next world. Hence they never hesitate in making any sacrifice.
They never even think while spending the last farthing of their
wealth what will they eat next day. What to speak of wealth and
treasure, even if they have to sacrifice their life, they do it
as if they re going to their own home and hearth for distant lands.
Contrary to this those who believe in powers whose defects and
faults can be proved judiciously or whose dilapidation and destruction
can be seen with naked eyes; when the defect of their duties come
to light or are known to them or when they themselves see them
withering away, how can they sustain their faith in them? Hence
whenever such an occasion arises, they lose their faith and their
collective strength evaporates. Whenever the Muslims came face
to face with idolaters and infidels the result was expected. How
could handful soldiers of Muslim armies defeat the huge mass of
Hindu soldiers? The reason were that after seeing their destines
in Muthra, Kangra and Somnath being destroyed, they lost their
faith and their combined strength was shattered. As long as the
Muslims maintained their belief in Allah, they were never over
powered but gradually as they deviated from it they also became
weak. And when the worship of on Allah was replaced by worship
of individuals: pir, grave, tazia, wealth, rulers and other types
of worships, Allah withdrew His help and grace from them and left
them in the abyss of degradation and dishonor where they are lying
today and looking to others for help and succor. However, it was
a psychological approach and enunciation but in reality those
who have unstinted belief in Allah, feel in reality His love and
affection in their heart and see His help and succor dawning upon
them. This is the reason that they are never fault full whatever
may be their trail and tribulation. They know that Allah does
not give them troubles in order to make them suffer but to make
their character more perfect so that they may be ready to receive
His blessings.
Because
of this faith and belief they are saturated with such as urge
of peace and pleasure before them all the misfortunes and troubles
of the world have no value at all. What to speak of the past days
and time even in modern time to degradation whenever there is
any challenge between an idolater and Muslim, the world has been
astonished to see his (Muslim) performance. I related to you a
true incident of a Momin which will convince you what is called
belief in Allah, and is its power. This was relate to me by a
Sikh and is described in his own word. He says, “ in September
1947 when we and Hindus decided to mass murder of Muslims in Delhi,
we make it a point to make a group of ten to twenty persons and
went to villages in the outskirts of the city and wherever we
saw Muslims we killed them. We continued to do so far twenty to
thirty days. As the days passed we got lesser and lesser Muslims
to kill and many groups came without hunting and Muslim. One day
we were coming back home, we met a Muslim near the Company Bagh.
He was very lean and think and weak. He was tall, black and has
a small beard. He was wearing a dirty lungi and the dirty khaddar
shirt. We made him halt and told him to come with us, He said,
“where?” I told him, “ I will kill you.”
What is my fault “? He replied”. In reply somebody
said, Are you not Muslim?” “By God I am”, he
replied. I told him that I would kill you for this very reason.
He said: “Well, if it is so do it, there can be no better
death than this”. Hence we tool him to the Company Bagh.
Somebody told him there, Mian Sahib, if you want to save yourself
you can do it, He said, “How?” I replied: “Become
a Sikh and I shall let you go”. It appeared that he did
not understand the alternative. He said, what does it means? I
told him that it means this, “Leave your faith and become
a Sikh”. Hearing this, there was change in him. His face
became red and he saw me intently. His eyes were red hot and giving
out sparks of fire and there came forth foam from his mouth. He
cried out and said. I… your faith… you so of an infidel,
I am a Musalman, “I tell you” He said “You become
Musalman otherwise I shall kill you to a man: Hearing this we
started cutting jokes with him and one Sardar ji had hardly gone
two steps that like a lightening he humped and snatched away the
kirpan from Sardar ji and went ten yards away and said. “
Come; let me see who make me a Sikh. Quick, come forward your
cowards”. Hearing this we all made combined attack on hi.
We were still at a distance from him that he said Al-laa-hu Ak-bar
and jumped. We saw that two Sikhs were lying on the ground. We
were not still ready that he again humped and killed another sikh.
Now I got angry. I cried Sat Sri Akal and attacked him and tried
that he should be surrounded from all sides. But he was like a
lightening. He never allowed any body to get nearer to him. Every
time he cried Al-lla-hu Ak-bar he killed one or two persons. Hearing
the loud cries of slogans and counters slogans many Sikhs came
out and their homes and joined in the fight. But he was still
not under control. The fight lasted nearly half and hour and many
Sikhs were killed, in the end many Sikhs came with long spears
and began to pierce him from distance. In this way he was badly
injured and got tired but continued fighting. Al last one spear
broke his hip bone and penetrated his heart and losing his breath
eh fell down on the ground. One Sardar ji while abusing him said:
did you see the result? He replied, “O son of an infidel,
yes I have seen it. I have given my life to taste it, had you
felt what I am feeling, you would have become Musalman and fought
the Sikhs and become a martyr. After this he uttered nothing.
He recited the Kalima and after a few minutes died. When I counted,
eighteen people were killed and eleven were seriously injured.
I said, “We came across only one Muslim, if like him collect
together two to four thousand what can they do God only knows.”
Did you see what a Momin can be? What will happen if they are
a few thousand? In reality Momins are like this. Though in ordinary
conditions he is sweeter than honey and softer then silk but when
need arises he is more sour than poison and harder then steel.
He laughs and death and dies in the wish of martyrdom. If the
chance permits he fights alone; he does not need a sword or gun!
Infidels
relay upon swords;
But if he is Momin, he fights without it
This
was an ordinary miracle of faith in Allah. Now listen to the story
of a man with weaker faith. In those same days, that is, September
1947, when Muslim blood was flowing like water, their houses were
burning and their property looted ands women were molested and
reaped, Mahatama Gandhi visited a Muslim area and stayed at the
house of a famous Congressite Musalman for several hours so that
he could pacify them after listening to their grievance. When
Muslims came t o know about the presence of Mahatama Gandhi many
of them collected around him and narrated their difficulties and
troubles. Mahatama Gandhi consoled them and promised to look into
their difficulties. In the mean while a very famous Congressite
Moulvi came to him. Gandhi je respected him very much. Seeing
him he stood up and making him sti besides himself asked: “How
have you come Moulana? Hearing this MOulana burst into tears and
cried out. “ Mahatama ji … I want… only this
much.. That you same… my life and lives of my children”
while uttering this he was sobbing and sobbing. Seeing this Gandi
je told him with utmost consolation, “ Moulana , Moulana,
I say like this to my Lord. Hearing this the Moulana cried more
and more and Gandhi je said the same thing again and again. But
the Moulana kept on crying. Gandhi ji turned his face away and
told the house owner: “Please make him understand”.
What a difference between this and that. The story which was related
earlier was perhaps of an illiterate Musalman and here was the
leader of Muslims claiming vice-gerency of the Holy Prophet.
In fine, this was the perfection of faith of the earlier Muslims
which was the cause of their prosperity and even today if such
a spirit regenerates even among ten to fifteen percent of Muslims
not to speak of in the majority, they can achieve the same glory.
How can this type of faith be created? It will be narrated at
the proper place. Now to the second principle of the collective
life.
