Ideology of Peace
PEACE IN ISLAM
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the Prophet was visited by Gabriel, God’s angel. He
said to the Prophet: ‘O Muhammad, God has sent
you peace (
salam
)’. On hearing this, the Prophet of
Islam replied:’ God is peace, peace is from Him and
to Him is peace.’ (Al Bidaya was al-Nihayah, Part
III, p. 267).
This incident shows that even at such a juncture, the
Prophet of Islam was a peace-lover. Even in that
extremity, his mind was free from feelings of hatred
and violence: he was thinking in terms of peace and
security and his heart throbbed with the desire for
these beneficent conditions to be established in the
world with the succour of God. The true man is one
who can think of peace even in times of war, whose
heart is filled with feelings of peace and well-
wishing, even during emergencies on the
battlefield.
This is no ordinary matter. In reality, this serves as
the highest example of positive thinking. As we
know, war is the most negative of all events. The
Prophet, who was at the helm of affairs, was on the
brink of war, yet the words that came to his lips
were those of peace and security rather than of war
