And in this process of progressive change of God becomes a co-worker with him...

And in this process of progressive change of God becomes a co-worker with him, provided man takes the initiative: ‘Verily God will not change the condition of men, till they change what is in themselves (13:11).’ (Iqbal, 1986, p.10) Thus mankind was inspired to study, understand and mould the natural forces for its own purposes.

The point to note is the general empirical attitude of the Quran which engendered in its followers a feeling of reverence and thus made them founders of an enlightened society (Iqbal, 1986). Previous…