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140Nearly 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 ofIslamconsists 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.AstotheformationandtheconstitutionoftheKingdom of God, inter alia, the following pointsshould be noted:-(a) All Muslims form one nation, one family, and one brotherhood. I need not detain my readers to study the various quotationsfrom the Quran and the Hădīth (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 sădăqa and zăkăt, 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 ’lMāl,” and no Muslim was left in need or want.The very name “Muslim” signifies literally “a maker of peace.”Youcan neverfind another human beingmore docile, hospitable, inoffensive and peaceful a citizen than a good Muslim. But the moment his religion, honour, andproperty[1] The Jihād or “Holy War” is also an obligatory practice of piety. So they are not four, but five. (the author).