The True Jihad
Peace in the Quran
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The goal of the
Islamic mission
is to make people
realize the
existence of the
one and only God
and to strive to
bring about a
revolution in
their hearts and
minds.
commanded to purify the Kabah while Makkah was
still under the domination of the idolaters, this
would have surely precipitated clash and
confrontation. Therefore, according to the command
of the first revelation, the Prophet continued to
perform his prayers peacefully in the Kabah for a
period of 13 years, even though
it housed several hundred idols.
Similarly, the Prophet and his
companions circumambulated
the Kabah on the occasion of
Umrah al-Hudaybiyya in 629,
while the Kabah still housed
360 idols.
The Prophet Muhammad, may
peace be upon him, proceeded
thus in order to avoid war and
confrontation with the idolaters,
and so that the atmosphere of
peace should be maintained. The entire life of the
Prophet is a practical demonstration of this peace-
loving policy. At the time of migration from
Makkah, the idolaters were all set to wage war, but
