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Peace in Islam

السلام في الإسلام

Mahmud Hamdi Zaqzuq presents peace in Islam as three overlapping circles: inner peace, peace with God through faith, and peace with people and the world. He notes the shared root of Islam and salam, argues that difference of peoples is for mutual knowing, not for conflict, and names justice as the shortest road to peace (pp. 66-70). The war-casualty figure he gives for Europe is his own and is flagged for checking.

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Peace-making and coexistence

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Mahmud Hamdi Zaqzuq sets out an Islamic conception of peace in three interlocking circles: peace within the soul, then peace with God through faith, then peace with people and the world; Islam and salam share one root, and the Muslims' greeting and the prayer's closing taslim both express their wish of peace for the world 1 2. Diversity of colors, races and tongues was meant for mutual acquaintance, not conflict, and the religions have one source 2 3; justice is the shortest road to peace.

People and things also explored

Reconciliation of hearts (al-mu'allafa qulubuhum)· Dhimma (the covenant of protection)· Conquest by treaty (sulh)· Hudna (truce with non-Muslims)· Silm: peace and treaty with the enemy· The Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'rana· The plot of Amir ibn al-Tufayl and Arbad ibn Qays· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)

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  1. This Is Islam — a group of Azhar scholars , p. 66
  2. This Is Islam — a group of Azhar scholars , p. 67
  3. This Is Islam — a group of Azhar scholars , p. 68
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islam.museum contributors. “Peace in Islam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/peace-in-islam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Reconciliation of hearts (al-mu'allafa qulubuhum)

A legal category of recipients of zakat and spoils established in Islamic law to reconcile hearts to the faith and cement communal stability; widely applied by the Prophet at al-Ji'rana through major grants of camels and silver to Meccan and Najdi tribal chiefs.