O Children of Abraham – Ibrahim!

An Appeal for Peace, Mercy and Unity Among the Children of One Father

O Children of Abraham – Ibrahim!

O descendants of Isaac and Ismail (Ishmael)..!

Have you forgotten your common father, Abraham – Ibrahim?

Would your father Abraham rejoice to see his two sons and their descendants engaged in hatred, violence and bloodshed? Would his heart not grieve to witness the suffering of their children fighting against one another?

Your Holy Scriptures proclaim that God is gracious, compassionate and merciful. Yet, why do those who believe in one God fail to show grace, compassion and mercy towards one another?

If your Holy Scriptures teach that God abhors injustice, violence, cruelty and the killing of innocent people, why do you act contrary to His teachings? Are you not contradicting the very faith you profess to follow?

God is not cruel. He does not wish to see His own children oppressed, persecuted or killed by other children whom He has also created. Yet, in the name of religion, some people justify hatred, oppression and violence, claiming that such actions are their religious duty.

By doing so, are you not portraying God as cruel and unkind? Is it not a grave sin to use the name of the Most Merciful to justify merciless acts against His own creation?

God is ever merciful. Why, then, should His children be merciless?

While keeping yourselves and your families within the comfort and security of your own homes, you may find countless reasons to justify a war. But have you ever truly understood the immeasurable and lasting suffering inflicted upon its innocent victims?

War destroys homes, separates families, takes away childhoods, leaves generations traumatised and turns the dreams of innocent people into lifelong sorrow. Its consequences do not end when the fighting stops.

Whatever name, cause or justification you give to war, no cause can erase the suffering of innocent human beings. War is not an achievement of civilization; it is a shameful failure of humanity, wisdom and compassion.

And ask yourselves another question:

Why would God create people who do not follow your particular faith if He intended them to be hated, persecuted or destroyed?

Does the Creator belong exclusively to one religion, one community or one group of believers?

God is the Father and Creator of every human being on Earth, irrespective of religion, race, nationality, belief or disbelief.

Can a loving father cease to love his own children simply because some of them have forgotten him, misunderstood him or chosen a different path?

Even when children go astray, does a father wish to see them destroyed, or does he hope that they will return to the path of goodness?

If you truly love God and have faith in His commandments, then demonstrate that love through your actions. Practise His teachings in your daily lives. Let mercy prevail over hatred, forgiveness over revenge, justice over oppression and humanity over religious divisions.

Do not fight in the name of the God who teaches you to love. Do not kill in the name of the God who gives life. Do not oppress in the name of the God who is just.

Abraham – Ibrahim – is remembered as a father of faith. Let his descendants become children of faith, not heirs to hatred.

Remember: You may worship God through different traditions, speak different languages and follow different religious paths, but you share the same humanity and inhabit the same Earth.

God desires peace, not bloodshed; compassion, not cruelty; unity, not hatred.

Let the children of Abraham – Ibrahim – become an example to the world by choosing peace over war and humanity over hostility.

For the greatest expression of faith is not how fiercely you defend your religion, but how faithfully you practice the love, mercy and justice that your God teaches.