The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) and World Peace — Page 16
The Holy Prophet Muhammad s as and World Peace 16 Generally, when someone speaks about peace, that desire for peace pertains to themselves. In fact, in most cases, when a person prays – or even aside from prayers when someone verbally expresses their desire – one usually says that may Allah the Almighty grant peace to them, their wife and children and those close to them. They do not possess the same yearning for others to live peacefully. Or, in order to live a peaceful life, one seeks wealth and thinks it to be good thing, but they do not think of wealth to be good for their enemies, rather they only deem their own wealth to be a source of good. If one deems health to be a good thing, they do not mean that their enemies should also have good health; rather they desire for their enemies to be impoverished and frail so that they may have the upper hand over them. Similarly, if people seek honour and esteem, they do so only for themselves rather than for everyone. They will never desire for others to receive the same honour and esteem which they have received.