English book · The Spirit of Islam

A Believer Keeps the Peace in Every Situation

English book, p. 80

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

A BELIEVER KEEPS THE PEACE IN EVERY SITUATION God loves the state of peace. A believer is a peaceloving person and keeps peace at all costs, so that his constructive activities may continue unhampered. A believer is a peace-loving person. Having faith and being peace-loving are so closely linked with one another that a believer in all situations will try to keep the peace. He can bear with any loss except that of a peaceful environment. The life a believer wants to lead in the present world is possible only in a peaceful ambience. A state of peace creates a favourable atmosphere for a believer, while a state of turbulence does the very opposite. Peace always demands some sacrifice. That sacrifice is that even if opponents behave disruptively, this has to be ignored in order to maintain a situation of peace. Even if a disturbance of peace is caused solely by others it has to be glossed over so that an atmosphere

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