TOWARDS GLOBAL PEACE

Islam aims at fashioning souls which are Godoriented; which find God so great that everything else pales into insignificance. The third battle took place at Hunain, when the Prophet was on his way from Makkah to Taif. The path to Taif lay between two mountains, and there, under cover of the mountainous terrain, the enemy lay in wait. Finding themselves suddenly ambushed, the Prophet and his Companions were forced to fight in self-defence. Islam aims at fashioning souls which are God-oriented; which find God so great that everything else pales into insignificance; a soul which comes to possess such boundless peace of mind that nothing can disturb it; which are totally free of negative reaction; which can turn everything in this world, whether far or near, into food for more profound thought which, finally can never become a prey to worldliness. This truth is aptly illustrated by this Hadith of the Prophet of Islam. “Nine things the Lord has commanded me: Fear of God in private and in public; Justness, whether in anger or in calmness; Moderation in both poverty and affluence; That I should join hands with those who break away from me; And give to those who deprive me; And forgive those who wrong me; And that my silence should be meditation; And my words remembrance of God; And my vision keen observation.” o