Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 149
— Part I 148 consistency with the human character. It goes without saying that human nature is uniform the world over and is not influenced by racial or ethnic divisions. Similarly the passage of time does not alter the basic traits of man. The relatively uncivilised man who lived ten thousand years ago had exactly the same nature as does the comparatively advanced and civilised man of today. The Quran says: The nature of Allah is one in accordance with which He has fashioned all humans. There is no altering the creation of Allah. That is the right religion. But most men know not. (S u rah al-R u m; Ch. 30: V. 31) The mould of man created by Allah is unchangeable. Everything created by God has a certain mould and stamp. This is true for every species, every order and every genre. No species, no order, no genre is exempt from this principle. As long as a species remains confined to its specific purpose of creation, it has no choice but to follow the pattern of life designed for it. When it begins to change its character, even then it does not violate the plan of nature. In fact, by this process of gradual change in certain characters, it is being prepared to be shifted from a species of a lower order to that of a higher order. This, too, is a part of