The following verses demonstrate this truth...

The following verses demonstrate this truth: So if they believe in the like of what you believe in, then they are certainly guided; and if they turn away, then they are only [steeped] in defiance. Allah shall suffice you against them, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing. The baptism of Allah, and who baptizes better than Allah? And Him do we worship. (3) 2. Who can define the characteristics of man? Defining man and his characteristics cannot be carried out by the man himself.

There are several reasons for this, the most important of which are listed below: Firstly, people’s understanding of themselves and their feelings is influenced by their social and cultural standpoints, their unique situations, and their worldly interests. Secondly, people are at various stages of continued development and therefore, they never exactly understand the existential dimensions of human beings as they progress and make efforts to reach them.

Thus, if a human being wants to define human dimensions, features and virtues, his definition will be limited or biased to some extent. This leads to a multiplicity of definitions of humanness which causes a human being’s goals and purposes to go into a halo of imagination. But, Allah (swt), the Creator of the human being and the entire universe is the only Able One to define the human being’s characteristics. These characteristics are, in fact, dimensions of one perfect humanity.

This is the meaning of the necessity of heavenliness, unseenness ( ghaybi ), and absoluteness of religion. To emphasize on the truth of this issue, we need to refer to the opinions of Islamic scholars. We are also guided by principles such as ‘legislative obligations are graceful indicators of intellectual obligations’ and ‘whatever judgement is made by reason is made by religion and vice versa.’ Thus, we can conclude that Islam is identical to humanity and human values and vice versa.

Continue in the next article: ( Islam, Humanity and Human Values 2 ) The Author: Sayyid Musa Sadr NOTES: ________________________________________ 1. The Quran 30:30 2. Usūl al-Kāfī, Sheykh Muhammad Kulayni, vol. 2, p. 12. 3. The Quran 2:137-138 Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.