Islam - Its Meaning for Modern Man — Page 290
290 iniquity in the earth and causing disorder” (7:75; 11:86; 29:37). “They seek to create disorder, and Allah loves not those who create disorder” (5:65). “Seek not to create disorder in the earth. Verily, God loves not those who seek to create disorder” (28:78). “There are those who talk glibly and plausibly on all subjects and call God to witness as to the sincerity of their motives and intentions, and yet they constantly promote dissension by their persistence in magnifying differences and disputes, and when they happen to wield authority they run about in the land seeking to create disorder, which destroys harvests and entails severe suffering and hardship upon men. Allah loves not such conduct” (2:205 ⎯ 206). The Muslims are commanded to work wholly for peace (2:209). No finer example exists than that shown by the Prophet himself. When the Prophet announced his mission to the people of Mecca, who had known him as a honest, upright, and faithful comrade, the announcement was received with incredulity. His persistence in the assertion of his claim and in calling men to the worship of One God and to a moral and spiritual revolution in their lives at first drew only ridicule. When here and there his call began to evoke a favourable response, the ridicule turned into harassment. During ten long years the Prophet and his small but slowly increasing band of companions were