Real Revolution — Page 84
84. Abraham expounded the philosophy of man being the beloved of God; and since the lover does not like the life of his beloved to be wasted, human sacrifice was stopped. This was the seed that later developed into tasawwuf. . Similarly, the period of Abraham was the period when the philosophy of human life began t be properly understood, for the point of view was placed before man that his life was not meaningless but a great blessing in itself, and an opportunity for generating strength for future progress,. THE ERA OF MOSES & ITS MESSAGE. The next stage was the dispensation of Moses, which brought a new change and a new revolution. . The religious, or spiritual, and the secular spheres of life were combined into one system, with a clear line of demarcation drawn between Islam (submission) and Kufr (repudiation and rejection). In the time of Adam the teaching embraced some basic social aspects only; while in the time of Noah an elementary distinction was made between the idea of the unity of God and of Shirk, with a limited start of the Shariah; and the conception of the unity of God was completed at the hands of Abraham. But at the time when Moses came, the human mind had risen to a stage where a code was given which embraced both the secular and religious aspects of