Refuting the False Claim that Islam Was Spread by the Sword through the Terms al-Qatl (Killing) and al-Silm (Peace) in the Holy Qur’an: A Thematic Study

Abstract

Abstract

It goes without saying that peace has been a hot issue in the past;it is, still, a vital topic of discussion today, and it seems to continue to draw the attention of people in the future. We witness wars and destructions in several parts of the world. This has led to killings of millions of people,left innumerable number of families broken and displaced millions of people.

We need to address it earnestly.The topic has been identified in this study with reference to the Holy Qur’ān, because being the book of Allāh Almighty, it means to us as the final constitution, the ultimate torchlight for our guidance, and a great blessing to the whole world.

Peace means to be free from the calamities in this world and in the hereafter. Usually ,peace is used to imply an opposition to war and violence between the nations. Peace is a virtue and it means absence of evil, and, therefore, it is always praiseworthy.

 Murder was never a way to bring people into Islam. Rather, Islam is a religion of peace and love, and whoever enters it enters voluntarily, not by compulsion. Some Orientalists have tried to distort the reputation of Islam by claiming that Islam spread by the sword, while it is a religion of peace that spread with a lofty message and called people to religion of monotheism.