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Western Civilization

achieve any target, great or small, through completely peaceful
means.

Through long planning the Creator had brought about a
revolution in human history, which brought the age of war to
an end. In this way, it had become possible by using peaceful
means to attain all ends in a way which was far better than the
violent one which achieved nothing of any value.
This is the greatest achievement of the modern age. Those
who adopt the method of war and violence in today’s age
only demonstrate that they are totally unaware of the modern
developments of history. This crass ignorance is reflected in
their reckless use of arms. By stooping to violence, they have
committed the most heinous crime in history.
In such a situation, those who in the twenty-first century
have abandoned the peaceful method and opted for the
strategy of guns and bombs, are only proving that all they can
carve out for themselves and others is a history of death and
destruction, and in the Hereafter this verse of the Quran will
apply to them:
‘Those of you who act thus shall be rewarded with
disgrace in this world and with a severe punishment on
the Day of Resurrection.’ (2:85)

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