Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues — Page 266
266 islam’s response to contemporary issues service by His command. Surely in all this there are signs for a people who make use of their understanding. 14 Have you not seen that Allah has constrained to your service whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and poured out His favours to you, visible and hidden? Yet there are some among men who dispute concerning Allah, without knowledge or guidance, or the authority of an illuminating Book. 15 Surely, We have created man in the best mould. 16 Many other verses and even small chapters of the Holy Quran are devoted entirely to this subject explaining that man is a micro- universe, which has received influence from all forms of creation. Even the remotest star has contributed to this micro-universe of man. But this relationship is not that of a servant to his master but that of the master to his servant. The masters do not bow and prostrate before those who serve them. Man, therefore, emerges as the master of the whole universe and the servant of only the One Who is the Lord and Creator of the universe. How different is this philosophy from that of many other religions which teach not only idol worship but also nature worship in so many forms. In their philosophies, the moon, star(s), the sun, oceans, trees, rain, lightning, thunderstorms or even animals such as cows, snakes, or