The Importance of Peace
English book, p. 34
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
into a reality. There is only one way for this—and that is through peace. If peace is established, numerous opportunities can be opened up, leading to justice when availed of peacefully. An individual or group can secure justice only when it recognises available opportunities and wisely avails them. Across the world today, there are people engaged in violent conflicts to secure justice. However, all of them have failed to get the justice they seek. There is only one reason for this—and that is because their methods are wrong. The method you use to get what you want is of utmost importance in this world. Even if your goal or purpose is good, you cannot achieve it if you adopt the wrong method. This is a universal rule, and no individual or group is an exception as far as this is concerned. A group or community that seeks justice must first establish peace. Peace is so important that it must be established at any cost. It can never be established on a bilateral basis. Instead, it is always based on exercising unilateral patience. There is simply no other way to establish peace. The scheme of nature is based on opportunities. Nature provides us with plenty of opportunities. An atmosphere of hate and violence closes off these

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