Blessings of Khilafat — Page 102
102 That is, God Almighty says: O people! We have created you from one man and one woman. If this means from Adam and Eve, then what precedence can you claim to have over each other for, after all, you have been born out of the same father and mother. Therefore, you can never claim superiority over each other. The second meaning could be that all of you, without exception, have been born of one woman. All have been born in the same way. Similarly, all have been born of someone’s seminal fluid. How can you then claim precedence over one another? In this part of the verse, God has turned down the unjustified claim of precedence by anyone and has declared all to be one. Hence, one has no right to claim supremacy over another. Again, the Holy Quran says: 6 That is: We have divided you into different nations and tribes. This part of the verse explains that tribes and nations also are of some importance. In the next part of the verse God says: that is, the purpose of the division into nations and tribes is not that they should take pride over each other or consider others to be inferior to you. Rather, the only purpose of this division is so that they can identify and recognize one another. This is like governments dividing their armies and other departments into different categories. In a system where there are so many people working, one has to find some way to identify each other. It was to meet this particular requirement that people were divided into different clans 6 Ibid.