Through Force or Faith? — Page 105
Chapter 1 — Analysis of the Papal Lecture 105 further clarified that the collaboration should not involve com- mitting transgression against anyone. One other principle defined by the Holy Quran is that it should be agreed on that the followers of only one religion are not the exclusive custodians of the truth but other people also own ‘truths’ and they too have these qualities. The Holy Quran makes a clear declaration to this effect when it says, َو ْنَّمِم ۤاَنْقَلَخ ٌةَّمُا َنْوُدْهَّي ِّقَحْلاِب َو ٖهِب َنْوُلِدْعَي And of those We have created, there are a people that guide men with truth and do justice therewith. ( S u rah al-A‘r a f, 7:182) ُعْدُا ىٰلِا ِلْيِبَس َكِّبَر ِةَمْكِحْلاِب َو ِةَظِعْوَمْلا ِةَنَسَحْلا Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation. . . ( S u rah an-Na h l, 16:126) What the Pope quoted from Manuel, that ‘whoever would lead someone to faith needs the ability to speak well and to reason properly,’ has already been very clearly enunciated by the Holy Quran several hundred years before Manuel and that is ‘call unto the way of the Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortations and when you have to argue, use sound and strong argument. ’ Perhaps Manuel said so having heard from Muslims. By adopting the Islamic principles to promote interfaith accord that we have mentioned, a peaceful environment of love and affec- tion, accommodation, tolerance, and understanding can be estab- lished in actuality. The principles offered by Islam are exactly in