According to the Quran, the purpose of the creation of different races and nations is not conflict and war but cultural richness.
“O Mankind! We created you from a male and female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you may know one another. The noblest among you in God's sight is the most upright one. God is All-Knowing, All-Aware.” (Quran, 49:13)
So also, according to the Quran, all creatures on earth are sentient beings.
"There is not an animal on earth, nor a bird that flies on its wings -but they are communities like you (Quran 6:38)
Islam considers it as a grave offense to kill innocent people and to spread terror on the land. Such acts are considered one of the most obvious examples of mischief.
“If someone kills another person – unless it is in retaliation for someone else or for causing corruption in the earth – it is as if he had murdered all mankind. And if anyone gives life to another person, it is as if he had given life to all mankind” (Quran, 5:32)
Allah denounces those who make mischief on earth, who subject people to cruelty and those who kill people for no reason.
"Then, is it to be expected of you, if you were put in authority, that you will do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship? Such are the people God has cursed, making them deaf and blinding their eyes"(Quran, 47:22-23)
"Seek the abode of the hereafter with what God has given you, without forgetting your portion of the world. And do good as God has be
RE:Islam means peace!
by Abdul Samad on Jun 01, 2008 11:08 AM Permalink
No matter how immoral or hostile others behaving, a Muslim is supposed to only act justly.
"O You who believe! Show integrity for the sake of God, bearing witness with justice. Do not let hatred for a people incite you into not being just. Be just. That is closer to faith. Heed God [alone]. God is aware of what you do."(Quran, 5:8)
The existence of hypocritical people who emerge in the name of God and religion, but actually organise themselves to commit wickedness condemned by Allah, is indicated in the Quran. One verse talks about a gang of nine men who planned to murder the Prophet by swearing in the name of God:
“There was a gang of nine men in the city causing corruption in the land and not putting things right. They said, “Let us make an oath to one another by God that we will fall on him and his family in the night and then say to his protector, We did not witness the destruction of his family and we are telling the truth.” They hatched a plot and We hatched a plot while they were not aware."(Quran, 27:48-50)
As this incident described in the Quran reveals, the fact that people do things "in the name of God" or even swear in His name, in other words that they use the kind of language designed to show themselves as very religious, does not mean that what they do is in conformity with religion. On the contrary, what they do can be quite against the will of God and the morality of religion.
This being the case, it is obvious what great sins are the murde
