Universal and Moral Values, Politics and World Peace — Page 10
of the attributes of God, and these attributes are familiar to all mankind, regardless of their geographical belonging, countries, races, etc. , etc. Now, what is God in this sense in the sense of universality? He is true, He is compassionate, and He is loving,. He cares for those who cannot care for themselves. He is just absolutely just yet He is kind and forgiving. . Now, these are elements of goodness that can be introduced into any type of politics without compromising the politician's position to be secular. In this sense, you are talking of secular values that are not clothed in any religion-not cloaked under any name. They are just values common to Man and are the same universally; and it is these towards which I am inviting you. ա. Goodness is in you!. And when the Holy Qur'an says 'Come back to Allah and call towards Allah' it means, "all the goodness that you think God to be, and all the attributes that you believe are His, must be His, because you yourself respect these very attributes here in this world. " However, you only respect them when they are on your right side. You know that they are still worthy of respect even when they are on your wrong side, but then you reject them. . Your conscience tells you that you are making a wrong decision, because they are the same attributes that you love intrinsically and intuitively they are born in you, you live with them and you want everybody to behave to you exactly as if God was treating you with His beautiful attributes. and. If somebody deals with you in any area of human interest politics, economics or other social aspects of human life is true to you, you love him because of his truthfulness and there is no hesitation whatsoever. If he is honest, you love him be10. UNIVERSAL MORAL VALUES, POLITICS & WORLD PEACE