"And if they incline"—meaning, if they lean—"to peace, then incline to it" (Qur'an 8:61).

Muhammad said: Peace (as-silm) here refers to reconciliation (as-sulh); from which is the saying of the poet:

(Of peace, you may take what you are satisfied with, while of war, a few gulps of its breaths suffice you.)

Surah al-Anfal from verse (62) to verse (64).