The Friday sermon for October 9, 2026 - Sayed Hashim Behbehani Mosque - Sheikh Ali Hassan Ghuloum - Kuwait
The 1st Sermon: The Dawn of Human Society and the Philosophy of Prophethood: Reflections on the Trajectory of the Unified Ummah The Almighty proclaims in the Holy Quran: "Mankind was a single community, then God sent prophets to bring good news and warning, and with them He sent the Scripture with the Truth, to judge between people in their disputes. It was only those to whom it was given who dissented, after clear proofs had reached them, out of mutual rivalry, but God, by His leave, guided the believers to the truth of what they had differed about. God guides whoever He will to a straight path." [Al-Baqarah: 213] The Concept of a Unified Community in the Primeval Era This venerable verse unveils a profound historical and sociological reality: in the formative dawn of human civilization, humanity existed in an organic state of cohesion and intellectual harmony. The Divine Revelation crystallizes this pristine beginning by describing humanity as having been a single, unifi...