Surely man is created of a hasty temperament.

Surely man is created of a hasty temperament. And man is most of all given to contention. And man is ever hasty. Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord. The negative dimension of man's self is such that he can drag himself down unto the lowest of the low. The Holy Quran says: Then we render him the lowest of the low except those who believe and do good. These verses tell us clearly that man can become lower than all the lowly creatures.

Thus from the viewpoint of Quran and Divine schools of thought, there is, in the nature of man, a fathomless expanse of difference. On the one hand it develops so much that it reaches the Aalaa illiyyeen The Highest places in the Hereafter as, the Holy Quran says about the noble (s.a.w.s.): Then he drew near, then he bowed, so he was at the measure of two bows or closer still.

On the other side, it is possible that he drops down so low that he reaches the Asfalus Saafileen (lowest of the low.) Now that we have read some of the Quranic verses describing graceful morals and their importance as well as the ayats which mention how much low a man becomes by immorality, we should know that, for training and guidance of man, it is necessary for us to take maximum benefit from the teachers of morality who themselves have been the epitomes of moral virtues and who had kept themselves far away from vices so that, we too, slowly, become graceful.

If we do not do so and if we leave ourselves free, then surely we may reach the place mentioned by the Holy Quran regarding such licentious people, They are as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors. So, from this aspect, we must know that the importance of morality is so great that the perfection of human destiny lies in the gracefulness of his morals. Gulam Reza Sultani 1st Edition Before we discuss morality, we must understand that from the viewpoint of Islam, man has a very high status.

The Lord Almighty says about his creation, So blessed be Allah, the best of the creator. Also regarding the creation of Adam, He tells the angels, I am going to place in the earth a Khalif … Surely I know what you do not know He also says, And surely We have honoured the children of Adam, and We carry them in the land and the sea, and We have given them of the good things, and We have made them to excel by an appropriate excellence over most of those whom We have created.