The literal meaning of Islam is submission, that is, submission to God’s will. Submission is the name of that natural response from a person to God, the response expressed by human beings after they realise God. With this submission, life has developed, which is called religious life. What is the realisation of God? The realisation of God is the realisation of that Being who has created man, who has granted man a personality that is unique throughout the vast universe, Who has created the planet earth for man and who has established a unique arrangement for man’s survival which is called the life support system. A person’s quest does not stop here but instead becomes a part of his life in the form of a process of discovery. Now, he discovers his relationship with God. He grasps the reality that he is not free but is under the command of God. He realises that the purpose of creating a human being in this world is to allow him to be the most superior of the creatures so that he may be credited with being one of those remarkable beings who bound himself to live a principled life despite having no compulsion to do so. Islam is a religion of peace. It does not sanction violence. ‘Islam’ (from the Arabic silm) means ‘peace’. One of the attributes of God mentioned in the Quran (59:23) is As-Salam, which means ‘peace and security.’ According to a tradition of the Prophet, ‘Peace is Islam’ (Sahih, Al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 28). In other words, peace is a prerequisite of Islam. It describes reconciliation as the best policy (4:128) and states that God abhors any disturbance of peace (2:205). The Quran (5:16) likens divine guidance to the paths of peace. Paradise, the ideal human abode, is called the ‘Home of Peace’ (10:25).