World Peace in the Light of Sīrah of the Prophet Muḥammad SAW
Journal | Al-Basirah |
Title | World Peace in the Light of Sīrah of the Prophet Muḥammad SAW |
Author(s) | Arshad, Muhammad Hafeez |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 2 |
Year | 2014 |
Pages | 15-29 |
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Keywords | Peace, Judaism. Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Ḥadīth, tolerance, moderation, acceptance. |
Chicago 16th | Arshad, Muhammad Hafeez. "World Peace in the Light of Sīrah of the Prophet Muḥammad SAW." Al-Basirah 3, no. 2 (2014). |
APA 6th | Arshad, M. H. (2014). World Peace in the Light of Sīrah of the Prophet Muḥammad SAW. Al-Basirah, 3(2). |
MHRA | Arshad, Muhammad Hafeez. 2014. 'World Peace in the Light of Sīrah of the Prophet Muḥammad SAW', Al-Basirah, 3. |
MLA | Arshad, Muhammad Hafeez. "World Peace in the Light of Sīrah of the Prophet Muḥammad SAW." Al-Basirah 3.2 (2014). Print. |
Harvard | ARSHAD, M. H. 2014. World Peace in the Light of Sīrah of the Prophet Muḥammad SAW. Al-Basirah, 3. |
Abstract
The advancement in science and technology has made the world peace and prosperity very important at this time in the human history. We find in the human history, since it was recorded, that almost all the civilizations were very intolerant, brutal to their opponents, especially, to the believers of other religions. On the other hand, the Islamic states were the most tolerant and accommodating to other religions. This fact is proved from the early history of Islām during the period of the Prophet Muḥammad (r) and his immediate successors. Similar is the case in the later history of the Muslims, during the period of the Abbasid, the Umayyids in Spain, the Turks, the Mughal era and in the Far East. Human and economic losses in wars were very huge during the first, the second world wars, and the current wars being fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. The human and material losses are horrible. The author believes that the Prophet Muḥammad (r) ’s teachings and traditions of moderation, tolerance, human respect, freedom of religious practice are the only ways to peace and prosperity in the world.