Islam and Human Rights — Page 18
Isl am and Hum an R ights 18 We make no difference between any of them, and to Him we submit ourselves;” (2:137). “We gave him (Abraham) Isaac and Jacob; each did We guide aright, and Noah did We guide aright aforetime, and of his progeny. David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward those who do good. “And We guided Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias: each one of them was of the righteous. “We also guided Ishmael and Isaiah and Jonah and Lot; and each one did We exalt above the people. “We also exalted some of their fathers and their children and their brethren, and We chose them and guided them in the straight path. “That is the guidance of Allah. He guides thereby those of His servants whom He pleases. If they had wor shipped aught beside Him, surely all they did would have been of no avail to them. “It is these to whom We gave the Book and dominion and prophethood. . . These it is whom Allah guided aright, so follow thou their guidance” (6:85-91). This does not mean that the Quran makes obligatory upon the Muslims all the commandments and ordinances contained in today’s version of the previous revelations and Scriptures. Indeed, it emphasizes