THE EXAMPLE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM

Peace in the Quran ~ 33 ~ Peaceful circumstances produce a propitious environment for Islam, while violent circumstances result in antagonism towards it. the Prophet avoided this by quietly leaving his homeland for Madinah. The mission of Islam is based on monotheism, its goal being to make people realize the existence of the one and only God and to strive to bring about a revolution in their hearts and minds in order that they may love God as is His due. And the greatest concern of man should be to fear and worship his Creator (2:165). Such a dawah mission cannot afford wars and violent confrontations. When a state of war and violence prevails, the normal atmosphere is vitiated and such circumstances as would foster intellectual movements and spiritual reformation cannot be effectively created. It cannot be denied that peaceful circumstances produce a propitious environment for