(Umm al‑Qurā, Issue No. 1514, 4 Ramadan 1373 AH / 7 May 1954 CE)
In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
From Saud ibn Abdulaziz to all my Muslim brothers in Pakistan:
Peace be upon you, and God’s mercy and blessings.
As I take my leave of beloved Pakistan—so dear to all of us—I wish to express my profound gratitude, appreciation, and heartfelt thanks to all my Pakistani brothers in this land, both government and people, for the generosity, hospitality, and sincere Islamic fraternity I have encountered from everyone during these days of our visit. These days have been filled with memories of brotherhood, friendship, and affection between us, and they have reaffirmed my conviction that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are, in essence, one country, and that the Saudi Arab and Pakistani peoples are one people—brothers in faith, brothers in creed and principle, and brothers in prosperity and adversity, God willing.
I am deeply gratified by all that I have heard and witnessed in every place I visited, and from every brother I met, of this spirit of Islamic solidarity that unites us, the religious bond that ties us together, and the just and noble aims it seeks to achieve. We seek no special purpose, nor any personal gain, in what we call for and strive toward, other than uniting the word of Muslims everywhere—across the East and the West—upon truth; that they may be loving brothers in God, standing together like a solid structure, like a single body, holding fast to the rope of God, all together.
This is our goal; this is our purpose; this is our principle. We enjoin it upon ourselves and call our brothers to it. And we implore God Almighty—Who knows the treachery of the eyes and what the hearts conceal—to fulfill our hopes and aims in all that brings good to the Muslims at large; to unite our hearts, gather our ranks, mend our divisions, and bring our word together in all that ensures our collective welfare, our collective honor, and the restoration of our ancient and enduring glory among the nations of the earth.
I entrust you to God, and my heart and sentiments remain with you—in travel and in residence, in nearness and in distance.
From the depths of my heart, I pray for Pakistan: that it may prosper and rise, and take its rightful place among the nations as it desires and deserves. May God bless it, protect it, and guide its leadership to steer it toward the position befitting it among peoples, and toward all that ensures its welfare and the welfare of Muslims everywhere.
Muslims did not attain what they once attained—when they led the nations of the world and spread justice, peace, and truth among peoples—except through faith, sincerity, devotion, selflessness, and sacrifice in the cause of uniting the word of Muslims. This is my counsel to myself and to my Muslim brothers everywhere. Upon these foundations rests every renaissance, every advancement, and every success. Let this be our motto and yours, our aim and yours, in private and in public, in ease and in hardship. And let each one of you consider these words addressed personally to him—from his brother in Islam, in hopes and in pains.
Peace and God’s mercy and blessings be upon you.