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cannot generate peace, therefore encourage love towards him and pray that his mind/thinking changes or the good. He says "One whose heart is not bestowed with and ruled by love; his entire knowledge is dry and fruitless". Jesus encouraged love, compassion, service etc good acts as essential for life. This way the concept of ahimsa was propagated in the form of love and compassion. Jesus actually painted god in the form of love. "Love the neighbor as thyself".
Ahimsa in Islām: The main centre of Islam was Arab but it proposed in India also and we have large number of its followers in India also. Islam believes that Allah/god is the father of all living beings in this world i.e. all living beings are the sons and off springs of Allah. In Quran "Bismillarrarimarmanirrahim" is the address given to Allah. It means 'Allah is full of compassion'. Compassion is essential part of him. 'Prophet Mohammad' heir, Hazrat Ali while addressing the mankind said 'O man! Don't make you stomach the burial ground of animals and birds etc. i.e. do not eat meat or kill for food.' This implies that Islām also gives main importance to non violence. It further tells its followers not to consume alcohol, or harbor jealously, greed, tell lies, pride, go to war etc as they are all worth giving up. Quran sharif also emphasizes at many places about virtues like developing brotherhood, charity. forgiveness, friendship, compassion, love, kindness, self restrain etc. These virtues enhance development of the person. Practicing these virtues cause a flow of non violence run through the person's mind and heart. Thus it becomes amply clear that Islam also kept on developing and enhancing the virtues of ahimsa.
Ahimsa in Sufism: it has grown as branch within Islam. They consider that Hazarat Mohammad was blessed with two types of divine knowledge, one which he described in Quran and the other which he kept in his heart and gave to a few of his close and privilege disciples. The knowledge in Quran was for the mankind in general to improve their life and live happily while the other knowledge was deeply mystical and became known as Sufism. The book knowledge contained in Quran was called 'ilma-i-safina' while the other was called 'ilma-i-sin' followed by Sufis.
Sufis emphasize more on love. They consider god as worthy of greatest love and wish to be near him. Human love is the way of spiritual love. Love is the essence o god. Love is the supreme and best way offering service and devotion to him.
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