Quran
أَلَا بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ ٱلْقُلُوبُ
By the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured.
Quran 13:28, Surah Ar-Rad, part of the ayah
Peace of the heart starts with dhikr.
Islamic quotes about peace, of the heart and between people.
19 Islamic quotes about peace: the peace of a heart that remembers Allah, peace between people, and the Home of Peace. Each card gives its exact source. Copy a quote, or make an image to share.
From the Quran
Quran
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ﴿٢٧﴾ ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul, Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
What the believing soul is told at its return to Allah.
Quran
هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا مَّعَ إِيمَٰنِهِمْ
It is He who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the believers that they would increase in faith along with their [present] faith.
Quran 48:4, Surah Al-Fath, part of the ayah
Sakinah sent down at Hudaybiyah, at a hard moment for the believers.
Quran
وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
And Allah invites to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path.
Dar as-Salam, the Home of Peace, is a name of Paradise.
Quran
سَلَٰمٌۭ قَوْلًۭا مِّن رَّبٍّۢ رَّحِيمٍۢ
[And] "Peace," a word from a Merciful Lord.
The greeting the people of Paradise receive.
Quran
سَلَٰمٌ هِىَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ
Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.
The Night of Decree is peace until dawn.
Quran
وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًۭا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا
And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,.
The servants of the Most Merciful answer harshness with peace.
Quran
۞ وَإِن جَنَحُوا۟ لِلسَّلْمِ فَٱجْنَحْ لَهَا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
And if they incline to peace, then incline to it [also] and rely upon Allah. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Knowing.
When the other side inclines to peace, incline to it too.
Quran
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌۭ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your brothers. And fear Allah that you may receive mercy.
Making peace between people is a command.
Quran
وَٱلصُّلْحُ خَيْرٌۭ
Settlement is best.
Quran 4:128, Surah An-Nisa, part of the ayah
Said about a husband and wife settling their differences.
Quran
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنَهُم بِظُلْمٍ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلْأَمْنُ وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
They who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice - those will have security, and they are [rightly] guided.
Security belongs to those who keep their faith free of shirk.
From the hadith
Hadith
أَوَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُمْ؟ أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ
Shall I not tell you of something that, if you do it, you will love one another? Spread the greeting of peace among you.
Sahih Muslim 54, narrated by Abu Hurayrah
Hadith
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ، وَأَطْعِمُوا الطَّعَامَ، وَصَلُّوا وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ، تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِسَلَامٍ
O people, spread peace, feed others, and pray at night while people sleep, and you will enter Paradise in peace.
Jami at-Tirmidhi and Sunan Ibn Majah, narrated by Abdullah ibn Salam. Graded sahih
Among the first words Abdullah ibn Salam heard from the Prophet ﷺ when he arrived in Madinah.
Hadith
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، تَبَارَكْتَ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, Owner of majesty and honour.
Sahih Muslim 591, narrated by Thawban
What the Prophet ﷺ said after every obligatory prayer.
Hadith
أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْ دَرَجَةِ الصِّيَامِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَالصَّدَقَةِ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: صَلَاحُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ
Shall I not tell you of something better in rank than fasting, prayer and charity? They said: yes. He said: making peace between people.
Sunan Abi Dawud and Jami at-Tirmidhi, narrated by Abu ad-Darda. Graded sahih
Meaning voluntary fasting, prayer and charity, as the scholars explain.
Hadith
الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ
A Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.
Sahih al-Bukhari 10; Sahih Muslim 40
From the scholars
Scholar
What can my enemies do to me? My paradise and my garden are in my heart; wherever I go, they are with me. My imprisonment is a time alone with my Lord, my killing is martyrdom, and my exile is a journey.
Ibn Taymiyyah, as his student Ibn al-Qayyim reports in al-Wabil as-Sayyib
Scholar
Dhikr is to the heart what water is to a fish. So how is the fish when it leaves the water?
Ibn Taymiyyah, as his student Ibn al-Qayyim reports in al-Wabil as-Sayyib
Scholar
In the heart there is a disorder that nothing mends except turning to Allah, a loneliness that nothing removes except closeness to Him, and a sadness that nothing lifts except the joy of knowing Him.
Ibn al-Qayyim, Madarij as-Salikin (abridged)
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Guide
What Islam teaches about peace, inside and out.
Peace sits at the centre of Islam: the word Islam shares its root with salam, peace; As-Salam is one of the names of Allah (59:23); the Muslim greeting is "as-salamu alaykum"; and Paradise is called the Home of Peace (10:25). These quotes gather what the Quran and the Prophet ﷺ said about peace, on three levels.
Peace of the heart
"Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured" (13:28). Inner peace, in the Quran, is not the absence of problems. It is sakinah, a calm Allah sends into the heart, often in the hardest moments, as at Hudaybiyah (48:4) and in the cave of the Hijrah (9:40). Ibn Taymiyyah, writing from prison, said his paradise was in his heart and no one could take it from him.
Peace between people
The Prophet ﷺ told us to spread salam, and said that making peace between people is better than voluntary fasting, prayer and charity. The Quran commands it between believers who quarrel (49:10) and between husband and wife (4:128), and tells the believers to accept peace when an enemy offers it (8:61).
The final peace
In Paradise there is no idle talk, only "peace, peace" (56:26), and the greeting from Allah Himself is "Peace, a word from a Merciful Lord" (36:58).
The greeting is a dua
When you say "as-salamu alaykum", you are praying for the other person: may peace be upon you. Allah tells us to answer a greeting with a better one or at least the same (4:86), which is why the reply is "wa alaykumus-salam", often with "wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh" added.
Say it every day
After every fard prayer, say the dua the Prophet ﷺ said: "Allahumma antas-salam wa minkas-salam, tabarakta ya dhal-jalali wal-ikram". You can learn it with the rest of the adhkar after salah, and find more in Quran verses about peace.
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Questions
Good to know.
What is an Islamic quote about peace?
"Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured" (Quran 13:28), or the hadith "Spread the greeting of peace among you" (Sahih Muslim 54).
Does Islam mean peace?
Islam means submission to Allah. It comes from the same Arabic root as salam, peace, and the scholars say peace is the fruit of that submission.
What is As-Salam?
One of the names of Allah, listed in 59:23. It means the One free of every flaw, from whom all peace comes.
How do I find inner peace in Islam?
The Quran points to the remembrance of Allah (13:28). Keep the prayers, the morning and evening adhkar and dua, and the scholars add: leave sins, which unsettle the heart.