Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues — Page 79
Social Peace 79 Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom and He has the power to do all that He wills, Who has created death and life that He might try you—which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Most Forgiving, Who has created the seven heavens in order, one above the other. Thou canst not discover a flaw in the creation of the Gracious One. Then look again: Seest thou any disparity? Look again, and yet again, thy sight will return to thee frustrated and fatigued. 15 Having understood the significance of the words the image of God , when one looks back at the entire forces of the creation of the universe—from the time of the Big Bang to the present day—the entire journey of creation from the unconscious to the conscious, in fact, is a journey to become the image of God and to develop in man godly attributes. Islamic Social Climate Islam, on the other hand, designs to create a climate, which is as different from the one described above, as spring is from autumn. Within the Islamic concept of society, Islam moderates, disciplines and trims natural desires which, if left uncontrolled, would play havoc with the gamut of human emotions. It discourages or prohibits the