The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Power of Peace
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result from any movement launched on the basis
of violence.
SUCCESS THROUGH THE NON-VIOLENT
METHOD
All great successes or victories in the first phase of
Islam and in the succeeding period were achieved by
the non-violent method. Here we refer to some of
these victories.
1.
The first thirteen-year period of the prophethood
is called the Makkah period. The method of
non-violence, or pacifism, was adopted in the
full sense in this phase. Many issues which
presented themselves in Makkah could easily
have led to confrontations. But the Prophet of
Islam, avoiding all such issues, confined himself
totally to the sphere of the peaceful propagation
of ‘the word of God’. It was as a result of this
policy that
dawah
work in this period could be
effectively performed. One of the many benefits
of this 13-year
dawah
work was that in this age all
the best individuals who influenced Islamic
history were brought into the fold of Islam, for
instance, Abu Bakr, Umar, Usman, Ali, etc.
