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The import of a central Quranic verse on returning good for evil and transforming enemies into friends is here explored through a close consideration of how the verse was interpreted in the Sufi tradition of premodern Iran. These Sufis viewed it through the lens of good spiritual comportment and the path of the wayfarer toward higher stations and states of consciousness. It also had implications for the relationship of Sufi masters and lodges with other strata of urban society, whether the elite or trades guilds or youth associations. Not only did it create the basis for a broad, humane civility in a very divided society but it affected, as well, the way non-Muslims were viewed and treated.
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This page is a summary of: Sufi Commentaries on a Quranic Peace Verse, Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, August 2024, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/27727882-bja00024.
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