Islam and Human Rights — Page 17
Man and the Universe 17 Islam represents the culmination of the evolutionary process in revelation. “This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour unto you and have chosen for you Islam as religion” (5:4). The Quran, however, affirms the truth of all previous revelations and the righteousness of all previous Prophets. It starts with the position that no people has been left without revealed guidance. This flows from God’s attribute of Providence. He is not only the Creator of the Universe but also sustains, nourishes and leads it stage by stage towards perfection. It is with that connotation that He is designated “Lord of all the worlds” (1:2). There is also the clear affirmation, “Verily, We have sent there with the truth, as a bearer of glad tidings and as a Warner, and there is no people to whom a Warner has not been sent” (35:25). A Muslim is required to believe in the truth of pre vious revelations and in the righteousness of all Prophets. “Say ye: We believe in Allah and in that which has been revealed to us, and in that which was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob and his children, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to all other Prophets from their Lord.