Principles of Islam
34. Peace
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34. PEACE
A believer is necessarily a lover of peace. In his
mind faith and a desire for peace are so closely
interlinked that, regardless of the circumstances, he
will strive to the utmost for the maintenance of
peace. He will bear the loss of anything else, but the
loss of peace he will not endure.
The life that the true believer desires in this world
can be lived only in the propitious atmosphere
which flowers in conditions of peace. Conditions of
unrest breed a negative atmosphere, which to him
is abhorrent.
But if peace is to be maintained, it calls for a certain
kind of sacrifice. That is, when conditions become
disturbed, the believer must overlook both the
misdeeds leading up to this situation and the
identity of the wrongdoers. He must suffer all the
harm and injustice done to him without making any
attempt either to retaliate, or to bring the miscreants
to book, so that a state of peace should continue to
prevail. The believer has to be willing to pay this
