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Islamic state; this was followed
by the era of the four caliphs, the Amawites, and the Abbasids.
....Islam, in this first era, rapidly
prevailed over false religions and aberrant beliefs to become
the only super power of the world. And the first era was completed.
....Towards the end of the Abbasids,
an era of decline came for the Muslims, and with the invasion
of Baghdad by the Mongols the first era of Islam came to an end.
....The Second Era
....When the Abbasid dynasty fell,
the Arabs suffered from dispersion and internal conflicts. Therefore,
they lost their ability to become a world power again.
....What happened then?
....Who would carry the flag of Islam?
....Prophet Muhammad was sent as
a messenger to all peoples, not only to Arabs. So, Islam was not
a religion over which the Arabs had a monopoly.
....Allah Almighty states this fact
in the Qur'an as follows:
...."O you who believe! whoever
from among you turns back from his religion, then Allah will bring
a people, He shall love them and they shall love Him, lowly before
the believers, mighty against the unbelievers, they shall strive
hard in Allah's way and shall not fear the censure of any censurer;
this is Allah's Face, He gives it to whom He pleases, and Allah
is Ample-giving, Knowing." (Maeda, 54)
....The Qur'an contains verses that
have some key words that help us to understood at a certain time.
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