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God Calls to the Home of Peace

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he following is a verse in the Quran which is of relevance
Tto the present situation of Muslims:

‘And God calls to the Home of Peace.’ (10:25)
Here, ‘Home of Peace’ means Paradise, Paradise being the
place of ideal peace. God Almighty calls to all mankind: ‘If
you are desirous of entry into eternal Paradise, you shall have
to adopt the culture of peace. You shall have to develop your
personality along peaceful lines.’
In another verse the Quran, referring to Paradise, describes
its environment thus:

‘They will not hear therein any vain or sinful talk, only
the words of peace and tranquillity.’ (56:25–26)

This is the best description of Paradise. It is an ideal place.
It is a perfect society. There will be no nuisance or uncalled for
activities there. In Paradise, the culture of peace will prevail in
every sense of the term. Implicit in this description of Paradise
there is a warning to all: ‘O people, if you want to find entry
into Paradise, abandon all kinds of violent activities. Adopt the
culture of peace. Paradise is a hate-free place. Those who live
in hate in this world can never be settled there.’

The Prophet was a peace-loving person in the complete
sense of the word. It is a fact that some battles did take place
during the lifetime of the Prophet, but all of these were fought
in self-defence. One of these was fought at Badr in 624 AD.
The traditions tell us that when the battle was taking place,
the Prophet Muhammad was sitting some distance away from

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