My dear Muslim brothers and sisters, here are some Quranic ayahs that I would like to share with all of you:
The Holy Qur’an (Surah al Mominoon, ayahs: 52, 53) (32:52-53):
And verily this Ummah of yours is a single Ummah and I am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore Fear me and no other.
But people have cut off their affair (of unity), between them, into sects, each party rejoices in that which is with itself.
Commentry:
All prophets form one Brotherhood: their message is one, and their religion and teachings are one; they serve the One True God, Who loves and cherishes them; and they owe their duty to HIM and Him alone.
The people who began to trade on the names of the prophets cut off that unity and made sects; and each sect rejoices in its own anrrow doctrine, instead of taking the universal teaching of Unity from Allah. But this sectarian confusion is of man’s making. It will last for a time, but the rays of Truth and Unity will finally dissipiate it.
We must understand that Unity is what Allah teaches. We must not ‘rejoice’ in what we are, and close our minds and think that only that sect that we follow is right. Maybe all sects are wrong.
We should instead seek the Truth according to the Quran, 'cause it is the only book common to all Muslims. The only book that belongs to the whole Ummah rather than a particular sect.
In seeking the truth we must not be negligent to others and we must try to understand what the other is saying in good will.
I hope that InshaAllah Allah will guide us and help us in seeking the Truth. I hope that he also forgives us, if we wrong someone. Aameen.
AOA,
Yahya
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Allah knows best…