Islam and Peace
Islam: The Ideological superpower
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the path for the direct propagation of Islam to take
place. The opponents came to accept Islam in such
great numbers, that ultimately, by numerical power
alone, Islam became the victor.
According to Imam al-Zuhari, Sulh-e-Hudaybiyya
was the greatest victory in the history of Islam.
Prior to this whenever Muslims and their rivals had
encountered one another, fighting had ensued. But
after the reconciliation, the state of war ended and
peace prevailed. Now former antagonists began
meeting one another in a normal, tension-free
atmosphere. This interaction naturally led to an
exchange of ideas. Whenever anyone heard
anything of Islam that he found appealing, he
would, without fail, enter its fold. That is why, in a
mere two years after the signing of Sulh-e-
Hudaybiyya, such a large number of people entered
the fold of Islam as had never before been
witnessed
(Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah,
vol. 4, p. 170).
This great increase in terms of numbers made Islam
a; majority religion in Arabia, which greatly
facilitated its dominance throughout the land.
