Abdul Muqit Chowdhury :The continuos process of fasting to attain ‘Taqwa’-to be ‘Muttaqi’ (righteous) has passed. We are going to celebrate the Holy Eid-ul-Fitr–symbol of equality and brotherhoord of the Ummah.Eid is the greatest Muslim festival. Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha are the two main festivals in the Islamic calendar. At the end of the Holy Ramzan, the Muslims all over the world including Bangladesh celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. ‘Eid’ means ‘joy’. So the occasion conveys the message of ‘joy’.We should seek forgiveness from Allah for our known and unknown faults and sins relating to the observance of fasting of Holy Ramzan. All the members of Muslim Ummah have the right to share the joy. It has been observed that the vast majority of the community is deprived of the joyful celebrations, because of their poverty. The poor, destitute and have-nots fail to share the joy. There is another section of people who are chained. Their lands are subjugated, dominated and ruled by alien tyrant rulers or their puppet representatives. They have become the victim of inhuman oppression and tyranny. These helpless people are also deprived of the ‘joy’ of ‘Eid’ celebration. Eid celebration should not exclude the ill-fated section of humanity under economic exploitation and alien atrocities and domination. Muslim Ummah has long been a victim of conspiracy, aggression and genocide. The recent decades also witnessed inhuman atrocities in the name of establishing peace. Some of the countries have lost sovereignty and people in those lands are groaning under repression. And the root cause of all defeat and disaster, is the deviation of Muslims from the spirit and injunctions of the Holy Quran and Sunnah. The division and conflict among the adherents to the Faith is an important factor which is the outcome of deviation contributing to the victory of the aggressors. It is a matter of deepest concern that the Muslims, who once dominated the globe, imparting justice and ensuring peace for mankind, lost hold of the Quranic teachings, and are living without sovereign entity in many countries. The Holy Quran contains many verses on Muslim Ummah and related affairs. There is guideline for their survival as a free, leading nation ensuring justice to mankind, upholding right and shunning evils-thus achieving the most prestigious role of teaching mankind the way of emancipation and salvation. Here, the number of the Suras and verses are given so that eagerful readers can easily get clear conception about the Ummah-related verses with meanings and comments of the most dependable scholars as may be available. Some of the verses are : 6:14, 163, 2:128, 22:78, 39:12, 49:17, 3:103, 6:159, 8:73, 9:71, 15:88, 21:92, 23: 52, 53, 48:29, 49:10, 51:55, 8:53, 13:11, 22:27, 2:113, 256, 3:20, 64, 4:80, 4:48, 10 :19, 99, 11:118, 16:93, 22:40, 25: 52, 42:8, 49.13, 50:45, 59:2, 109:6, 114:2, 8:53, 23: 43, 46, 2: 143, 201, 249, 3: 13, 110, 125, 139, 7: 86, 129, 137, 8:9 9:71, 10:2, 21:105, 22:78, 33:43, 40: 51, 48:1, 61:64 30:47, 3:13, 126, 150, 2:214, 8:10, 29:22, 30:5, 47, 33:17, 42:13, 31, 37: 116, 48:3, 29.The members of the Ummah, expecting positive change to have a bright future, should be dedicated in their struggle and be attentive to the message of warning revealed in the Holy Quran :”…Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (with their own souls). But when (once) Allah willeth a people’s punishment, there can be no turning it back, nor will they find, besides Him, any to protect.” (Sura Ra’ad 13:11)And for the cherished future : “So lose not heart, nor fall into despair : for ye must gain mastery if ye are true in Faith”. (Sura Al-i-‘Imran 3: 139)Eid Mubarak!
