Tariq Ramadan – Chronicles of Ramadan #30 Peace
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The speaker discusses the importance of peace in Islam, as it is the central notion and is used to define the concept of peace. The speaker explains that peace is an ideal that is difficult to reach and requires effort, but is linked to repairing oneself and rebuilding one's presence in the world. The speaker emphasizes that peace is necessary for the world to be at better place and that life is fragile.
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Peace be with you.
I said the word peace.
Peace is a central
notion in Islam, in our tradition.
In Islam, there is salam. It's the same
root
as to the word,
and salam is
the name of God is one of the
names of God. Is the name of the
paradise, is what we have to spread around
us. The prophet, peace be upon him, said,
they've shulsedah,
spread peace around you. And what you have
to get in your intimate life is this
inner peace,
this peaceful reality by repairing
all the troubles and the traumas, and what
you experience in your life. It's to get
this inner peace. So
peace is an ideal. It's what you are
trying to reach
out of
your journey,
in life.
And
through this Ramadan, what we have we were
trying to get is with being, with listening,
with looking at, with acting.
It's all about peace.
But peace is
an ideal that is not easy to reach
because very often we have trouble, we have
death, we are experiencing
difficulties in our life.
And in order to get that peace, we
understand
that we need to be involved. We need
to be active, and we need to understand
the very meaning of peace. You know, it
has nothing to do with what we had
in the sixties. As I said yesterday,
it's about peace and love, and it's about
emotions. No.
Peace is,
demanding in the way you have to be
part of the process, to change the world,
to change yourself, to reform, to repair.
To get peace, you have to repair.
So the notion of repair, which was our
notion during this Ramadan,
is connected to peace. In order to get
this, you should go through this, and you
should go through this,
repairing yourself and repairing
out of our presence in the world.
So, once again, what we have in Islam,
the highest
the highest
value in Islam is peace.
And to get this, you understand that you
have to respect some conditions.
Justice is
a condition of peace.
No justice,
no peace.
Repairing, reforming,
no reform or no,
repairing of our intimate life
will not get this peace.
When we deal with our brothers and sisters,
if you we don't spread,
understanding
and mutual knowledge, as it is said in
the Quran,
no peace.
So peace is a call for us
to get the very essence of the spiritual
message.
Change yourself.
Behave the way you have to behave,
and spread,
the good deeds around you
in get in in do in order to
get this peace that is necessary for the
world to be at better place.
And what you have to start to do
is at your level,
in your surrounding,
in your environment,
ask yourself
in which way your presence
is making
your place
a better place
to live in.
Don't forget to tell the people you love
that you love them. Life is fragile.