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large number of prophets in ancient times, but the The Source of Peace Peace
in Islam
message of monotheism
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O remained at the It is no exaggeration to say that Islam and violence
initial stage; are contradictory to each other. The concept of
God, You are Islamic violence is so obviously unfounded that,
it could not prima facie it stands rejected.The fact that violence
the original source is not sustainable in the present world is enough
culminate in to convince one that violence, as a principle,
of Peace; from You is all is quite alien to the scheme of things in Islam.
a revolution. Islam claims to be an eternal
Peace, and to You returns
This state
all Peace. So, make us live
continued up
with Peace; and let us enter
paradise: the House of Peace. till the time
of Christ, the religion and such a religion According
The Prophet
Muhammadœ last but one cannot afford a principle to the explicit
Prophet (May in its scheme which will command of the

peace be upon him). not be sustainable in Qur’an, the call to

The reason being that later periods of human God is the true and

in ancient times, the system of history. An attempt to eternal mission of

monarchy was entrenched throughout the world. bracket violence with Islam.
Islam amounts to casting
The kings, in order to secure their political interests,
doubts upon the very eternity
adopted the course of religious persecution. These
of the Islamic religion.
kings suppressed all religious movements, which

were different from the state religion. They would The Prophet Muhammadœ so earnestly used to
entreat his Lord in his daily prayer:
nip all apostasy in the bud, since they saw religion
“O God, You are the original source of Peace;
as a matter of af?rming one’s loyalty to the state. If

a person adhered to a religion other than the state from You is all Peace, and to You returns all
Peace. So, make us live with Peace; and let us
religion, he was regarded as a rebel. enter paradise: the House of Peace. Blessed be
You, our Lord, to whom belongs all Majesty and
The Prophet Isa# (May peace be upon him) was the
last link in the chain of these persecutions faced by Honour!”
the preachers of monotheism. Then God decreed
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