PEACE IN DIFFERENT RELIGIONS

the ideal abode for Man, and the Quran (10: 25) refers to heaven as dar us-salam or the ‘Home of Peace’. Elsewhere, the Quran (56: 26) says that the inhabitants of heaven will greet each other saying, ‘Peace! Peace!’ In other words, life in heaven will be entirely peaceful. ‘Reconciliation is best’, the Quran (4: 128) tells us. This means that reconciliation is, from the point of view of results, the better option. According to the Law of Nature that God has devised, reconciliation leads to successes and achievements that are simply impossible through violent means. The Quran is, without doubt, a book of peace. It is not a book of violence and war. All the statements of the Quran are, directly or indirectly, related to peace. The very first phrase in the Quran is: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, which means, ‘In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.’ In other words, the highest attribute of the God who has sent this book is mercy, and this book is an expression of this attribute of His mercy. Those who regard the Quran as God’s Book can be considered to be true believers only when, abiding by the teachings of the Quran, they become fully and completely peace-loving. Under no conditions whatsoever should they take to the path of violence. The fact is that in Islam, peace is the rule. The entire range of Islamic teachings and the practical life of the Prophet testify to this. o Time Everyone’s life is like a melting piece of ice. Everyone is constantly losing his time. In only a few years’ time, we will face death. Everyone should undertake a serious planning of his time in order to avail properly of his pre-death period.