The True Jihad

Peace in the Quran ~ 31 ~ easier option. These instances show us the easier and harder options, as demonstrated by the Hadith. The truth is that peace in Islam is the ‘rule’, while war is the ‘exception’. This is borne out by all the teachings of Islam and the practical life of the Prophet of Islam. THE EXAMPLE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM The Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him, received his first revelation in 610 in Makkah. God ordained that he carry out the mission of tawhid (or oneness of God). The house of the Kabah, which was built as the house of monotheism by the Prophet Ibrahim (may peace be upon him) and his son Ismail, later on became a centre of polytheism with 360 idols in it. The first revelation might well have demanded the purification of the Kabah, which would have given rise to a serious problem. But the first revelation made in the Quran was: Purify your vestments (74:4). This means to purify one’s moral character. If, in the first stage the Prophet had been