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Famous Quotes
Islamic jihad is a positive and continuous process. It is at work in the entire life of a believer.
Whenever the Prophet had to choose between two courses, he would always opt for the easier course.
Now, a peaceful course of action is not just one of the possibilities: it is the only feasible and result-oriented option.
As seen during the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet adhered to the principle of peace even in extreme emergencies.
Migration or hijrah of the Prophet Muhammad is a clear example of abandoning violent solutions in favour of peaceful solutions.
Far from
being an armed struggle, jihad is a peaceful struggle.
The entire life of the Prophet is a practical demonstration of his peace-loving policy.
According to the Islamic shariah, peace is the rule in matters of jihad, while war is the least desirable option
Countering aggression with aggression is a hard option, while countering aggression with patience and forbearance is an easier option.
The truth is that Islam’s being a peaceful religion shows that it is an eternal religion. Had it been a religion of violence, it would not have stood the test of time.
‘Jihad’ essentially is a peaceful struggle. One form of this peaceful struggle is dawah (communication of the message of God)
The position of peace in Islam is sacrosanct, while war in Islam is allowed only in exceptional cases when it cannot be avoided.
The goal of the Islamic mission is to make people realize the existence of the one and only God and to strive to bring about a revolution in their hearts and minds.
Targeting non-combatants even in defensive war is unlawful.
“God grants to gentleness what he does not grant to harshness.”
—The Prophet Muhammad
Islam believes in turning one’s enemy into a friend through peaceful means, instead of declaring him an enemy and then waging war against him.
According to Islam we can become martyrs, but we cannot court a martyr’s death deliberately.
Quranic commands to do battle were always specific to particular
sets of circumstances, and were not meant to be indiscriminately applied at the will of individuals.
Peaceful circumstances produce a propitious environment for Islam, while violent circumstances result in antagonism towards it.
War brings nothing but death and destruction. Whereas peace fosters benign creativity.
The Qur’an states that the prophets were sent to the world as a mercy to the people (21:107).
Those who seek to please God will be guided by Him to “the paths of peace”. (16:5)
The Qur’an sets patience above all other Islamic virtues. Its reward is “beyond measure.”
Violence is the way of destruction while non-violence is the way of construction.
The truly desirable revolution is that which permits gradual and beneficial changes. And this can be achieved only on the basis of non-violence.
Jihad with the Quran means an ideological struggle to conquer peoples’ hearts and minds.
Had the Prophet and his companions adopted the path of confrontation instead of peaceful migration, the history of Islam might have been buried shortly after its inception.
All the precious books and the classical literature of Islam are a result of the peaceful activities during the time of the tabi‘un and their succeeding generations
The Prophet forbade any uprising against political institutions. The resulting absence of strife permitted the uninterrupted propagation of Islam.
“The religion of Muslims has conquered where their arms had failed.”
According to the teachings of Islam, war is to be waged not against the enemy but against the aggressor.
Izhar ad-din signifies intellectual and ideological dominance, not political dominance.
The latest scientific developments now uphold age-old religious truths.
The coercive and oppressive political system was destroyed by the revolution brought about by the Prophet and his companions which set in motion a process of intellectual liberalization.
The advent of the modern scientific age has made possible the global propagation of Islam for the first time in world history.
A peaceful world is like a paradise on earth. It is only in such a world that we can meet and establish contact with God, the Creator of Man and the Universe.
According to a hadith, a time was to come when God’s words would enter all the homes in the world (Musnad, Ahmad).
Only under a normal relationship between the da‘i and the mad’u, can the message of Islam be conveyed in a propitious atmosphere.
The time has come today for Islam to play a great constructive role, leading human history once again into a new age of progress.
The Muslims have been unable to join the main-stream in modern times, it is because they are so easily provoked and so ready to resort to violence.
Let Muslims once renounce violence and they will be welcomed, as brothers, into the main-stream. In all institutions ranging from the social to the educational, the equality of their partnership will be assured.
Islam played a key role in disassociating religion from science. This paved the way for great progress to be made in the field of scientific investigation.
A dawah mission cannot afford wars and violent confrontations.
In the present world the developed countries have become economic or military superpowers, but the place is vacant for an ideological superpower, and that, potentially belongs to Islam.
If you behave properly with those holding divergent views from you, then you deserve to be credited with having an excellent character.
The ability to be tolerant of the actions, beliefs and opinions of others is a major factor in promoting world peace.
—The United Nations
Peace in actual fact simply
opens up opportunities for the achievement
of justice.
Violent activities breed hatred in society, while non-violent activities foster love.
Muslims themselves must show the rest of the world that Islam is a religion of peace.
Forbearance
is a great enabling factor in collective human development.
In this world, unity is achievable only by learning to unite inspite of differences, rather than insisting on unity without differences.
The root cause of most of our problems is traceable to our deviation from the peaceful model of nature.
Human beings should follow the example of the stars and planets which remain in continual motion in their orbits, without ever colliding with one another.
Peace is essential for a better way of living—peace of mind, peace in the family and peace in nature.
Japan abandoned violence and adopted a peaceful course which helped it become a great economic super power.
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