Spirit of Islam, Dec 2020

Political power is a test paper from God. Political power is given to someone to see how he behaves after gaining power. TOWARDS GLOBAL PEACE We often talk of peace in the context of war. But this is a very narrow and restricted notion of peace. Peace is deeply linked with the entirety of human life. Peace is a complete ideology in itself. Peace is the only religion for both—man and the universe. It is the master-key that opens the doors to every success. Peace creates a favourable atmosphere for success in every endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is possible. POLITICAL INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM L IFE is a collection of various parts or aspects. These are separate from each other but yet are interlinked. They can also be ranked or placed at different levels. Because of this feature there is a chance of different explanation and description depending on a person’s perspective. For instance, some thinkers have given an economical interpretation of history. This is because in their understanding of life, the economic factor dominates everything else. On the same lines some Muslim scholars have projected Islam in such a way that every aspect of it seemed to acquire a political hue, thereby creating an impression that the goal of Islam is to establish political power. This is far from the truth. The religion of Islam has various parts or aspects or dimensions and there are different ways of explaining and describing them. Highlighting only one aspect is erroneous. For instance, if someone were to say that the main goal of a student who is admitted to a prestigious university is to get elected for an administrative post in the student committee will be sneered at and not a single person will accept this as the goal of a student. These activities are just one aspect of one’s term in the college and only few will have this opportunity. But every student will have the opportunity