Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues — Page 83
Social Peace 83 Likewise: Verily, His is the creation and the command. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds. 21 All Islamic philosophies start and end with the absolute authority of God, the Lord Creator of the universe. Fundamentals of an Islamic Society The Quranic verse, which is most central to this issue, is as follows: 22 * Verily God enjoins justice, and more than justice; to give people more than their dues—and to serve humanity with beneficent treatment as if they belong to you (like your near, kith and kin) and God prohibits the display of evil, as observed nowadays so often on television, radio and streets of many societies of the world—and forbids all that is considered wrong not by religions but by human conscience, and everything that leads to ‘rebellion’ and chaos. God admonishes you— may you benefit from this admonishment. * Translation: ‘Verily, Allah requires you to abide by justice, and to treat with grace, and give like the giving of kin to kin; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and transgression. He admonishes you that you may take heed. ’ [Publisher]