Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues — Page 50
50 islam’s response to contemporary issues Only then can we hopefully realise the time old Utopian dream of past sages and thinkers, namely that of uniting man under one flag in all spheres of human activity—whether they be religious, social, economic or political fields and all that really matters. Endnotes 1. Ch. 16: Al-Na h l : 37 2. Ch. 40: Al-Mu’min: 79 3. Ch. 35: Al-F at ir: 24–25 4. Ch. 2: Al-Baqarah : 286 5. Ch. 4: Al-Nis a’ : 151–153 6. Ch. 2: Al-Baqarah : 254 7. Ch. 4: Al-Nis a’ : 42 8. Ch. 33: Al-A h z a b: 41 9. Lexicons of the Arabic language E. W. Lane, Aqrab al-Mawarid , the Mufradat of Imam Raghib, Fath and Zarqani 10. Ch. 5: Al-M a ’idah : 4 11. Ch. 15: Al- H ijr: 10 12. Ch. 85: Al-Bur u j: 22–23 13. Al-Bid a ya wan Nih a ya Libni Kath i r , vol. 1 p. 171 14. Ibid. vol. 1 p. 237, see also Bukh a r i 15. Ch. 22: Al-Hajj : 68 16. Ch. 5: Al-M a ’idah: 70 17. Ch. 2: Al-Baqarah : 63 18. Ch. 5: Al-M a’ idah: 67