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Nearly three hundred million Muslims are
endowed -more or less- with the same feelings of
faith and trust in Allah.

It is evident, therefore, that the nature of Islam consists
in its being the only real and truly Theocratic Kingdom on
earth. Allah need no longer send Messengers or Prophets
to convey His oracles and messages to the Muslims as He
used to do to Israel and other Hebrew peoples; for His
will is fully revealed in the Holy Quran and imprinted on
the minds of His faithful subjects.

As to the formation and the constitution of the Kingdom
of God, inter alia, the following points should be noted:-

(a) All Muslims form one nation, one family, and one
brotherhood. I need not detain my readers to study the
various quotations from the Quran and the Hadith (Tradition
of the Prophet) on these points. We must judge the Muslim
society, not as it presents itself now, but as it was in the time
of Muhammad (pbuh) and his immediate successors. Every
member of this community is an honest worker, a brave
soldier, and a fervent believer and devotee. All honest fruit
of the toil belongs by right to him who earns it; nevertheless,
the law makes it impossible for a true Muslim to become
excessively wealthy. One of the five [1] obligatory pious
practices of Islam is the duty of almsgiving, which consists
of sadaqa and zakat, or the voluntary and the obligatory
alms. In the days of the Prophet and the first four Caliphs,
no Muslim was known to be enormously rich. The national
wealth went into the common treasury called “Baitu ’lMal,”
and no Muslim was left in need or want.

The very name “Muslim” signifies literally “a maker of
peace.”You can never find another human being more docile,
hospitable, inoffensive and peaceful a citizen than a good
Muslim. But the moment his religion, honour, and property

[1] The Jihad or “Holy War” is also an obligatory practice of piety. So they are not
four, but five. (the author).