The argument then runs towards the final goal which is to unite and not to divide: ``And cling to the rope of Allah, all of you together and divide not.''

      As to the meaning and purpose of the `ROPE OF ALLAH' different views of the commentators leads to a single meaning of that, which is any means or medium through which one may connect himself or communicate with God; whether it be Qurän, Islam, the prophet or his near kins and household.

      Then the verse enjoins the Muslims to ponder over their past, and the fearful enmity which existed among them, and the dreadful battles they had for nothing, saying: ``And call to mind the favour of Allah on you, that you were enemies, and He united your hearts so that by God's Grace you became brothers.''

      Here the union and joints of the hearts is ascribed to Allah because if we study the records and the history of the Pagan Arabs; we see that they easily were engaged in a bloody and cruel war for a mere trifle! And that it was not possible to unite those wild human beings in the usual ways and manners, for being so much ignorant, obstinate, and fearless. It is so much so that event the non - Muslim historians are amazed that how those pagans became united and turned to a single body of people through Mohammad's teaching and Islamic instructions. They were indeed at the brink of the pit of the Hell, when God through HIS revelation and Compassionate Messenger saved them and guided them to a firm straight path.