Islam and Human Rights — Page 174
Isl am and Hum an R ights 174 If you differ in anything among youselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger if you are believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is best and most commendable in the end” (4:60). The Quran and its illustration and exposition by the Prophet must always rule. Articles 22-28 This group of articles is directed towards securing a reasonable standard of living for everyone through proper education, appropriate and adequate training, availability of work, gainful employment, so that human personality may have full opportunities of development, human dignity be safeguarded and human life become progressively fuller, richer, healthier and happier. Most of these objectives are covered by the social and economic values sought to be inculcated and promoted by Islam, a brief summary of which has been set out earlier. The rest spell out these values in specific detail, the need having been manifested by current social and economic systems. In Islam all these are part of a more comprehensive pattern which includes moral and spiritual values also, as is bound to be the case with any pattern of values