Islam and Human Rights — Page 29
Man and the Universe 29 sality and the place that it assigns to man as the centre of the universe. Islam teaches and insists upon the accept - ance and comprehension of the Unity of the Creator, which results in the unity and co-ordination of creation and the unity and equality of man. Once this fundamental is accepted and grasped the rest becomes easily comprehensible and the necessary co-ordin ation and adjustment will follow as a matter of course. Indeed these must become compulsive if confusion, chaos and destruction are to be avoided and peace, prosperity and human welfare in all spheres of life are to be promoted and strengthened. The object of Is1am is to establish a balance and to bring about accord in the relationship of man to his Maker, to the Universe and to his fellow men through beneficent adjustment ((55:8-10). The primary object of all revelation is to emphasize the concept of God and to explain the relationship between God and the Universe and the place of man in that juxta position. The Quran is clear and emphatic on the Unity of God and utterly condemns any doctrine, idea or concept which might directly or indirectly tend to associate any other thing or being with God as a partner or equal. Proclaim: “He is Allah, the One, Allah, the Independent