Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Where is peace mentioned in Quran?

“You said the biggest problem is to establish peace. Where in the Quran is peace mentioned? Please explain.”Asked by Yogesh Sharma, Indore

He answers at 51:29 in Communal Harmony · 5 min 25 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:29
aap apa se alag se bhi mil sakti hain. apa, main agla sawal lena chahunga. ye sawal bheja hai Indore se, Yogesh Sharma ji ne jo program dekh rahe hain, unhone likha hai ke aap ne kaha sab se bada ah masla peace qaim karna hai. aaj apne apne taak mein yeh kaha to quran mein kahan hai peace? aah, is ke bare mein aap bataein. quran mein to bohat ziyada hai. peace sab se ek jagah hai surah nisa mein, "alsalato khair". hmm, peace aur reconciliation is the best aur jannat ko home of peace kaha gaya hai.
52:08
khud Allah ka naam "Assalam" hai. jo jo hum logon ka jo greeting hai, "Assalam o Alaikum". peace be upon you. aur yahi greeting jo hai woh jannati logon ke liye bhi hai. wahan log peace peace kahengay. to jannat jo ke ek eternal life hai, wahan peaceful culture hai. to wahi Allah chahta hai ke dunya mein bhi peaceful culture qaim ho. aur sab se bari cheez jo hai ke Rasool Allah Prophet ki jo poori life hai, woh peace ke usool par hai. poori life hamare liye example hai.
52:41
aap ne kabhi bhi retaliate nahi kiya, kabhi bhi jawab nahi diya, hamesha avoid kiya aur hamesha sabr kiya, kabhi bad dua nahi ki, sab ke liye duaein dete rahe. to poori life jo Prophet ki hai. to woh ek baar Hazrat Aisha se poocha ke Rasool Allah ka character kaisa tha? to unhon ne kaha ke bilkul jo woh jo quran ki teachings hain, bilkul isi ke mutabiq un ka character tha. to Prophet ka jo character hai, woh hamare liye ek example hai. to peace hi hai. yeh baad mein asal mein is zamane mein kya hua ke religious persecution ki wajah se kuch jangain huin.
53:25
woh jang is liye nahi hui ke Islam mein jang ke bare mein aah kuch bataya gaya hai ke jang karni chahiye, lekin religious persecution tha. wahan to sirf itna kehna ke ek Khuda ki ki parastish k ro, itne mein bhi log marte thay. Kaaba mein peaceful tareeqay se Prophet aur aap ke saathi jatay thay namaz parhnay, to woh marte thay. to is wajah se jangain huin hain. to woh woh peaceful, woh religious persecution ka dour hi khatam ho gaya. to Maulana kehtay thay ab jihad ka dour hi khatam ho gaya.
53:59
jihad in the sense of qital. jihad ke literal maani to hain ke struggle. kisi bhi achay kaam ke liye struggle karna. to woh to hamesha jaari rahega. lekin qital yani jang ka woh dour khatam ho gaya kyunke woh halaat hi khatam ho gaye. ji, apa aap ne bilkul bohat achay se is ko wazeh kiya. in fact, quran mein hi chapter 10 mein main Yogesh ji ko kehna chahunga ke aaya hai he and God calls to the home of peace. jo aap ne abhi jis ka zikr kiya.
54:28
to according to Islam, paradise is the ideal and the ultimate abode of every human being. and the jaise apa ne kaha ke aah social culture of paradise is peace, because everyone will wish peace to one another in paradise. to is se hi pata chalta hai ke aah peace aah ki ahmiyat sab se ziyada hai Islam mein. aur isi liye Rasool Allah ne ek dafa, ek martaba yeh bhi kaha ke a Muslim is one by whose hands and tongue people are safe. aah main samajhta hoon is mein sari baatein aa gayeen. to aah aah aap zaroor quran parhein. agar aap ko quran ki free copy chahiye to aap hamein likhein at info info at cpsglobal dot org. hum aap ko ek free quran copy aap ki language mein zaroor bhejengay. aur woh jo usool Hudaybiyyah jo Prophet ne peace treaty kiya, to aisa kabhi nahi hota ke aap ne tamam enemy ki tamam conditions ko accept kar ke peace treaty kar li taake peace qaim ho jaye.
55:34
to aisa kabhi nahi hua. koi na koi apni shart aadmi rakhta hai. to aap ne har haalat mein peace qaim karna aap ka mission tha. ji, to woh aap Prophet ki life bhi parhenge, tab bhi aap ko samajh mein aa jayega. ji, apa Shad Hussain sahib ne Srinagar se likha hai comment: "the minority is possessing an advantageous position, a great incentive for positivity." Abdul Razzaq Huntgi sahib ne likha hai Mumbai se: "value of a person lies in his excellence." aah a h, das waz the advice given by Maulana sahib during his Mumbai visit, and since then the life changed better and better. aah,
56:20
kuch aur bhi comments aur sawal aaye hain. fasadat khatam nahi hue Maulana ke effort se. ji, kyunke hum log pehle purani Dilli mein rehte the aur har hafte ek do fasad ho jaate the. itna tang aa gaye the log fasad se, saari dukaanen band rehti thi, saare raaste band rehte the. is zamane mein bahut logon ne chhod chhod ke purani Dilli se chhod chhod kar nayi Dilli aa gaye. to itna zyada kaam kiya, logon se mulaqaten ki, tehreerein hain, articles hain. phir aah, itna zyada in logon ko samjhaya ke kis tarike se fasadat khatam ho sakte hain. j
56:55
y, to is ke baad halaat badle. ji, apa yeh ek sawal Amritsar se likha hai Rohit Kumar ji ne. unhone likha hai ke apa ji jo log poochte hain ke Islam agar shanti ka sandesh deta hai to itni sakht sazaein kyun hain jaise Arab mein karte hain?
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