Islam. An Introduction. P12 By Dr Fazlur Rahman Ansari. Edited by AK Choughley. Read by Dr Ahmed
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Book: Islam, an Introduction
Maulana Dr Fazlur Rahman Ansari
Ed Abdul Kader Choughley
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Principle of Unity
What then should be our attitude towards our material environment? Should it consist in renouncing the world and repressing our physical desires? Islam says nothing of the kind. Instead of recognising a conflict between the moral and physical existence of man, it highlights the co-existence of these two aspects as the natural basis of life. It maintains that our earthly sojourn is a integral factor in the Divine scheme of creation and a necessary stage in the evolution of our soul-life. Consequently, it seeks the affirmation of the spiritual self in man, not in renouncing the world of matter, but in the active endeavour to master it with a view to discover a basis for a realistic regulation of life. It is therefore impossible for Islam to despise our earthly existence and activities, and here it differs radically with other religions of the world.
This realistic attitude of Islam may not however be identified with that of the modern West. The latter ignores our spiritual existence altogether and regards our earthly career as an end-in-itself, and that in a way is equated to worship of materialism. Islam, on the other hand,
conceives it not as the end but as a means to a higher spiritual end.
And what is that higher end? It is submission to the will of Allah and seeking His pleasure, as the Qur’ãn says:
“Say: Verily, my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.” (6:162)
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