"Do not dispute, lest you fail and lose your influence"
Anyone who carefully examines the current state of affairs and the successive tragic events unfolding these days in the two Arab and Islamic ummas will clearly see that a campaign is underway to implement hidden, criminal plots hatched against these two ummas. The objective is to undermine the foundations, cohesion, and unity of the Arab-Islamic umma and to weaken the resilience of its Arab-Islamic entity. While achieving this may not be easy for those with ulterior motives, because the existence of the Arab-Islamic entity, as we Muslims believe, is supported and mandated by the Creator of all, Allah, may He be exalted and glorified, it will remain firmly entrenched on earth by the will of God. However, it is incumbent upon the Arab-Islamic umma not to forget that the ongoing conspiracies, hostility, and aggression against the lands of the Arab-Islamic world at this time are no trivial matter. Therefore, it must be confronted with all strength and resolve, which can only be achieved through the unity of these peoples. Their unity can provide a solid foundation enabling them to stand tall and protect their homeland without needing the assistance of others, who act according to their own self-interests that invariably override all other considerations.
Iran is a neighboring Muslim state. It is expected to embody Muslim humanitarian sentiments, which value good neighborliness and neighborly relations—values emphasized by the teachings of our noble Islamic religion, which stresses respect for them and adherence to the obligations of good neighborliness. Instead, Iran has become a hostile Muslim neighbor, launching destructive missiles and drones against its Muslim neighbors. It is repeating this aggression to sow voices of enmity among Muslims, forgetting that such actions are precisely what hostile foreign powers desire to spread among Muslim brothers. Iran is expected to exercise reason as a neighboring Islamic state and recognize that its destiny is inextricably linked to that of its Muslim neighbors. It should always act as a major power fostering goodwill, understanding, and brotherhood among neighbors, rather than being swept along by the fitnas (trials and discord) sown by the enemies of Arabism and Islam.
All Arabs and Muslims must unite and cooperate, abandon hatred, and march together on a single straight path to defend the destiny of their ummas. This can be easily achieved by asserting will and reason, and by purifying hearts from evil. As the poet said: “A bundle of sticks is protected by its binding; it is weak when separated.”
Mohammed Salem Al-Balwan
