Three things are perfectly clear from the Quran: (i) That man is the chosen of God: ‘Afterwards his Lord chose him [Adam] for himself and turned towards, him, and guided him, (20:122). (ii) That man, with all his faults, is meant to be the representative of God on earth: When thy Lord said to the angels, "Verily I am about to place one in my stead on Earth", they said, ‘Wilt Thou place there one who will do ill therein and shed blood, when we celebrate Thy praise and extol Thy holiness?’ God said, "Verily I know what you know not", (2:30). And it is He Who hath made you His representatives on the Earth, and hath raised some of you above others by various grades, that He may prove you by His gifts’ (6:165). (iii) That man is the trustee of a free personality which he accepted at his peril: Verily We proposed to the Heavens, and to the Earth, and to the mountains to receive the "trust", but they refused the burden and they feared to receive it. Man undertook to bear it, but hath proved unjust, senseless!’ (33:72). Excerpt from The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam by #DrAllamaMohammadIqbal --Adnan
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:38:11 +0000
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