The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 18
18. Essence of Islam-III produces this moral quality, is affection, or malleability. . In his natural state, when man is deprived of reason, he can neither understand the subject of peace nor the concept of making war. At that time the impulse of attachment found in him is the root of peacefulness. But, as it is not exercised because of reason, reflection and choice, it cannot be called moral. It would become moral only when a person chooses to be harmless and employs the moral quality of peacefulness on its proper occasion and refrains from employing it out of place. In this context the Divine teaching is: (IV) وَاصْلِحُوا ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْ وَالصُّلْحُ خَيْرُ (1) وَإِنْ جَنَّحُوا لِلسّلْمِ فَاجْنَحْ لَهَا (1) وَإِذَا مَرُّوا يا للقومَرُوا وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمَنِ الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا (١٧) كِرَامًا اِدْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةً كَانَهُ ولي حميم 9 (VI). That is: 'Try to promote accord among yourselves. ' 'Goodness lies in reconciliation. ' 'If they incline towards peace, incline thou also towards it. ' 'The true servants of the Gracious Lord are those who walk upon earth in peace. ' 'When they happen to hear anything impertinent which portends argument or spells trouble, they pass on with quiet dignity and do not pick up fights on minor matters. '. This means that, unless faced with extreme repression, they do not like to protest. These indeed are the 9 Al-Anfal, 8:2 Al-Nisa', 4:129 () Al-Anfal, 8:62 (iv) Al-Furqan, 25:64 (Al-Furqān, 25:73 (Ḥā Mīm Al-Sajdah, 41:35 [Publisher]