Islam Rediscovered
17. Prophetic Vision
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Qur’an (41:34), the enemies had been turned into
close friends. The majority of the Mongols had been
brought into the fold of Islam.
“The Religion of Muslims had conquered where
their arms had failed.” (
The Preaching of Islam
, by
T.W. Arnold). As another historian has put it: “The
conquerors had accepted the religion of the
conquered.”
The Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him,
held that the power of peace was far greater than
the power of violence, and on many occasions, he
and his followers successfully put this into practice.
As a result this concept of peace, as opposed to
violence, influenced the course of events at the time
and continued to have an impact on later
generations. In present times this thinking has
assumed the status of a permanent social
philosophy. Many prominent thinkers are its
advocates. For instance, it was this principle of
peaceful activism on which Mahatma Gandhi based
his movement of non-violence and with this power
of non-violence the freedom movement successfully
achieved its target. Then it was this same principle
