The New World Order of Islam — Page 19
New World Order 19 each of them will not be equal or even in equal proportion. After allowing for the legitimate needs of each, the surplus will be taken away from him. (2) To each according to his need. That is to say, in conjunction with the first principle whatever a person produces will be taken away from him subject to his being permitted to keep or to be supplied whatever he may stand in need of in accordance with a uniform standard. A man with less productivity but with a large family would yield less to the State and receive more from it in comparison with another with higher productivity and a smaller family. (3) The surplus belongs to the State and must be employed for the benefit of the whole community, irrespective of whether the surplus is the result of labour or luck. (4) That goods also, and not merely persons, should be subject to State control. That is to say the State should have the right to decide what shall be grown, and what not, in a particular locality. For instance, if a particular area is best suited for the cultivation of sugarcane, the State would direct that it should be devoted to the cultivation of sugarcane. Similarly, the growing of wheat or cotton may be prescribed for other areas. In other words, the State would prescribe in each case the use to which sources