The Need to Change Muslim Policy
English book, p. 223
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
What is Peace? Violence and war are barriers that seek to block the natural flow of life. In contrast, peace opens up all the closed doors that seek to impede life’s onward journey. We often talk of peace in the context of war. But this is a very narrow and restricted notion of peace. The fact is that peace is deeply linked with the whole of human life. Peace is a complete ideology in itself. It is the masterkey that opens the doors to all kinds of success. Peace creates a favourable atmosphere for success in every sort of endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is at all possible. Peace is the Religion of the Universe The Quran tells us:The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outpace the day; each floats in [its own] orbit. (36:40) Referring to an astronomical phenomenon, this Quranic verse tells us about the principle on which the system of the entire universe is based. And this is the principle of peace. There are innumerable entities in the cosmos, and all of them are in constant motion. Yet, they do not clash with each other. Every entity in the cosmos carries on doing its own work in its own orbit. None interferes in the sphere of the others. That is why they never clash with each other. This ‘culture of peace’ is also what human beings should

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