SCOPE AND IDEAL OF RELIGION

 

 Quranic Foundations And Structure Of Muslim Society

C.   SCOPE:

Coming to Qur’anic Guidance in respect of its Scope: Based, as it is, on the Monistic Principle of Evaluation and the consequent Comprehensive Principle of Integration, it covers, on the indidualistic level, the spiritual, the moral, the intellectual, the aesthetical and the physical dimensions of human personality, and, on the collective level, the social, the economic, the political—in fact, all the dimensions of society,—creating thus a theo-centric individual, a theo-centric social order, a theo-centric culture and a theo-centric civilization.

 

 

D.  IDEAL

Thus, in the concept of Religion which the Holy Qur’an projects, i.e., the concept of the religion of Islam, the following scheme of life emerges. Man’s highest merit—nay, his basic function—is the worship of the One True God, Allaah (51:56). This worship is to be undertaken by him, however, not merely as a creature among creatures but as the Vicegerent of God—as a fully—integrated being committed to a cosmic mission. Namely, he has to realise the principle of integration at its highest, because God’s Personality enshrines the Perfect Ideal of Integration, and he is His vicegerent. As such, his worship should be dynamic, consequential and comprehensive in its nature; which means that it should not be confined only to the act of Prayer but also to: (1) the development of his personality in all dimensions; (2) the establishment of a godly society in which human beings can live a full and integrated life in love, justice and wisdom; and (3) the unravelling of the mysteries of Nature for establishing his status of Vicegerency and for comprehending the majesty and the glory of God.

 

It is in this perspective that the Holy Qur’an makes the pursuit of physical science,—indeed, of all knowledge, and the active struggle for the spiritual and moral emancipation of humanity, and the establishment of social, economic and political justice, acts of worship.

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to be continued . . . . . 

Quranic Foundation & Structure Of Muslim Society In The End Times