NO EXTREMISM
English book, PDF p. 137
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
PEACE IN ISLAM ~ 137 ~ This means that whenever we have any cause for complaint against anyone, we should direct it first at ourselves. We should try to explain it in such a way that the blame falls upon us. When we come to understand that we, rather than others, have made some mistake, we shall then set about rectifying our own shortcomings, rather than waste time in making protests and complaints against some supposed enemy. A MERCY FOR MANKIND The Quran has this to say of the Prophet of Islam: We have only sent you as a mercy to all mankind. (21:106) The advent of the Prophet of Islam made manifest God’s mercy for all mankind. Through him God communicated those principles of life by opting for which man may inhabit the abode of eternal peace and security. (Dar as Salaam) (10:25). Through him, such teachings were revealed as would turn human society into a peaceful society. For the first time in history, the Prophet of Islam presented a complete ideology based on the concept of peace. He gave us

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