The essence of all human rights is the equality of the entire human race, which the Qur’ān assumed, affirmed, and confirmed. It obliterated all distinctions among men except goodness and virtue (taqwā): The reason the Qur’ān emphasizes essential human equality is that the kind of vicious superiority which certain members of this species assert over others is unique among all animals. This is where human reason appears in its most perverted forms.
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This struggle between good and evil, fresh and stale, new and decrepit,
between the vigor of moral youth and the dotage of senility, is of positive benefit, for it keeps the perennial moral values alive
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People belittle or ignore or even rebel against God, because they view the
processes of nature as having self-sufficient causes, normally regarded by them as
ultimate. They do not realize that the universe is a sign pointing to something
"beyond" itself, something without which the universe, with all its natural causes,
would be and could be nothing.
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Nature exists for man to exploit for his own ends, while the end of man himself is nothing else but to serve God, to be grateful to Him, and to worship Him alone.
Fazlur RahmanStichwörter: islam
The purpose of man's creation is that he do good in the world, not substitute
himself for God and think that he can make and unmake the moral law at his own
convenience and for his own selfish and narrow ends. This is the difference between
physical laws and the moral law—the one is to be used and put to service; the other
must be obeyed and served. For God says
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The simple truth is that nowhere in human history is there another man
who combined so uniquely and effectively in his person both the idealist and realist factors as did Muħammad (Peace be upon him)
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For the Qur’ān, it is neither strange nor out of tune nor blameworthy for a prophet
that he is not always consistent as a human. It is nevertheless as a human that he
becomes an example for mankind, for his average level of conduct is still so high that it is a worthy model for mankind.
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“The corruption of religious leaders, who were expected to be the source of spiritual force and regeneration, is the last step in the decay of a community.
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