PROMOTING PEACE IN MUSLIM SOCIETIES

It means that in the Divine Plan, this book, this message of God, must reach all of humankind. This work needed some resources and technology, which were not available in the 7th century. Now, however, everything is available. Today, there is openness and modern methods of communication and publishing, and so on. All that we need to perform the task of conveying the message of the Quran to people is available. According to the Divine Plan, we have to spread this word of God to the whole of humankind. This is our target. This means that we must prepare translations of the Quran in every major language and spread them throughout the world to reach every human being. As mentioned earlier, if we want people to live in peace, we need to give them a target, and this is the greatest target. It is a fact that we have the preserved book of God, the Quran. We have the Sunnah (practice and teachings of the Prophet). The Quran and the Sunnah are the only sources of Truth, Truth with a capital ‘T’. It is our belief that everyone is born as a seeker. Everyone wants to discover the Truth with a capital ‘T’, but only the Quran and the Sunnah are sources of this Truth. Thus, the Quran and Sunnah need to be conveyed to every person across the world. If our youth have this target, it will create a great enthusiasm, a great sense of mission and purpose in them. When they are motivated by such a target, they will abandon all hatred and violence. Two-Point Formula To reiterate, the problem of terrorism is extremely serious, and the way out is a two-point formula. First, we need to help people engaged in terrorism to realise that Islam is a religion of peace, a religion of compassion, a religion of blessing. This can be done through literature and other means. Then, we have to set them a target. Without a target, a theory or an ideology will not work. And the best and biggest target is dawah work, conveying the message of the Quran to people across the world. This is the greatest mission. Muslims are dayees, those who invite people to God. The greatest mission of Muslims is shahadah ala an-nas (bearing witness to the truth before humankind), that is, dawah ilallah (calling people to God). People should be categorized not as friends and enemies, but rather as friends and potential friends.