Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 127
— Part I 126 Hence, at the economic level, the teachings of Adam as comprise four fundamental rights granted to man at the very start of the making of society. They are: 1. Every man has the right to be properly fed; none will remain hungry. 2. Every man has the right to be adequately clothed. 3. Every man is guaranteed a supply of healthy water. 4. None will be left without shelter. However, according to the orthodox scholars, the paradise mentioned in the story of Adam as is the same as is promised to true believers in the hereafter. If one considers such theories, one is astounded to see the vast difference between the description of the paradise of the other world, and the paradise as granted to Adam as and his followers. What manner of paradise was it, that which only guaranteed bare enough food to relieve hunger, plain water to drink, provision of some clothes, and a roof over one’s head? No such paradise is described in the Holy Quran in relation to what is to be granted to pious people after death. Nor would anyone care to aspire to such a paradise at the cost of worldly happiness. Even ordinary people at the lowest level in advanced societies enjoy a better paradise than the one from which Adam as was expelled! We seriously