A perfect man is he who transcends the realm of animal life...

A perfect man is he who transcends the realm of animal life, uses his inexhaustible power and attains worldly and spiritual bliss or in philosophical terms, the second inherent perfection and the second nature of the creation of Adam. All manners and traits of man must emanate from his basic natural dignity; in other words, man should have the commendable traits he is expected to have.

· In the story of the creation of Adam in the Qur’an, when God tells the angels, “I am setting in the earth a viceroy.” The angels reply, “What, wilt Thou set therein one who will do corruption there, and shed blood, while we proclaim Thy praise and call Thee holy?” Then God answered, “Assuredly, I know that you know not.”[^4] In other words, Adam is distinctive from other creatures because God is setting in the earth Adam and his descendents as his viceroys; it is manifest that in Islamic and Qur’anic sense, Adam is a creature endowed with a faculty and aptitude to be God's viceroy and not a wild one.

In addition, the goal of Islam is to build the very same chosen man, not an animal one.…