GOD’S NAME IS PEACE

The Quran tells us various names (or attributes) of God. One of these is As-Salam, i.e. ‘The Source of Peace’. This means that God is the epitome of peace. God loves peace and security so much that He has as one of His names As-Salam. The noted scholar Al-Khattabi writes that God is that Being from (Al Khatabi, Shan ul Dua, p. 41) Whom all people are safe and secure, and from Whom they experience peace, not violence.

When God’s dealings with human beings are based on peace and security, human beings should deal in the same way with each other, too. That is to say, we should relate with each other with peace and security, and not with harshness and violence.