PEACE IS THE NAME OF GOD — God is the source of Peace
Spirit of Islam, March 2013, p. 24
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
— a kind of special awareness that Islam wants to inculcate in human beings, which would predispose everyone to live in peace himself, to be anxious for the peace of all the people living in this world, and to do the very best to bring peace to the world. The truth is that the maintenance of peace is the most important of God’s laws. It is on the basis of this law that the entire universe is able to function. If its various elements did not follow this law, the whole universe — its systems thrown into disarray — would simply collapse. The greatest success of the human being in this world lies in his intellectual development, in his spiritual advancement, in the production of the divine soul — the ultimate goal of man. And the struggle towards this goal can be carried on only in an atmosphere pervaded by universal peace. Without peaceful conditions, it is impossible to achieve any worthwhile goal. The many communities living in different parts of the world are dissimilar in a variety of ways. But in one characteristic way they are alike: they all want to set out on the journey of progress. But this can be undertaken only in peaceful circumstances. It is vital, therefore, to give the topmost priority in the establishment of peace at the international level. God desires that His servants live peacefully in this world. God is All Peace As represented in the Quran, God is All Peace. He is peace in His very being and He desires that His servants live peacefully in this world.

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