The True Jihad
Peace in the Quran
~ 33 ~
Peaceful
circumstances
produce a
propitious
environment for
Islam, while
violent
circumstances
result in
antagonism
towards it.
the Prophet avoided this by quietly leaving his
homeland for Madinah.
The mission of Islam is based on monotheism, its
goal being 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 in order that
they may love God as is His due. And the greatest
concern of man should be to fear and worship his
Creator (2:165).
Such a
dawah
mission cannot
afford wars and violent
confrontations. When a state of
war and violence prevails, the
normal atmosphere is vitiated
and such circumstances as
would
foster
intellectual
movements
and
spiritual
reformation
cannot
be
effectively created. It cannot be
denied
that
peaceful
circumstances
produce
a
propitious environment for
