Concept of Peace in Islam

TEACHINGS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD is like a gentle plant. Whenever the wind blows, it inclines accordingly, and when the wind stops blowing, it returns to its upright position.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 5644) In this way, it saves itself from the impact of the wind. The Quran is undoubtedly a book of peace. Its opening invocation is: “In the name of God, the Most beneficent, the Most Merciful”, and this verse has been repeated in the Quran no less than 114 times. This indicates that the greatest attribute of the Supreme Being who sent this book to humanity is Mercy. Of the 6666 verses of the Quran, there are hardly forty verses, which deal with the injunction to wage war, and then only in selfdefence; that is, even less than one per cent. To put it more precisely, only 0.6%. The Quran records God’s many names or attributes, one being As-Salam, that is, Peace. This is because God loves peace and security so much that He chose Peace as one of His names. That is to say, God, Himself is the embodiment of peace. Alkhattabi has explained this verse in these words: