The Arab nations of his time could only progressively "decline" if not unified; these nations had various ailments – "feudalism, sectarianism, regionalism, intellectual reactionism".
Negara-negara Arab pada masanya hanya akan mengalami "penurunan" jika tak disatukan; negara-negara tersebut memiliki berbagai masalah – "feodalisme, sektarianisme, regionalisme, reaksionisme intelektual".