A True Vision of Human Rights in Islam

If one accepts the premise of the Old Testament that Adam was created in the image of God, this implies that the divine stamp gives human beings a high value of worth. In similar vein, the Quran says: Surely we have accorded dignity to the Sons of Man. So too, in the Bhagavad-Gita: Who sees his Lord Within every creature deathlessly dwelling amidst the mortal: That man sees truly. Put another way, in a religious context, every human being is considered sacred. Believing in a common universal Divine force, which gives rise to a common humanity and from this flows a universality of certain rights. Since the rights stem from a divine source, they are inalienable by mortal authority. This concept is found not only in the Judaeo-Christian tradition but in Islam in its more advanced and wider perspective. The present study is an attempt to provide an epilogue on human rights given in the Qur’an and Sunnah. It is an in-depth analysis of Human Rights and dignity of person, encompassing its various dimensions. The study is an attempt to understand the true philosophy of human rights in Islam. It aims at providing an ethical and legal basis for the realization of implementation of human rights in the world states in general and in the Muslim states in particular.

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Allah has bestowed the honor of His viceroy ship and exalted the man upon other creations. Man is created only and only to worship Allah. The world is a place of trial in which man has been given a choice between obedience of Allah and fellowship of Satan. The line of prophet hood was created to provide guidance to all mankind. Majority of Ummahs of prophets opted for shirk and became troublesome for people in social life. They were destroyed by Allah because of their consistency in wrong believes and social evils. Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H) has been sent as last Prophet and Quran is the last book for human kind, till the Day of Judgment. Man's success in this world, in the grave and the world hereafter is conditioned by the obedience of Allah and following the path of Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H). We can achieve Allah's willingness and benevolence by adopting a way of our lives which is enjoined by Allah. Whereas shirk and disobedience invites Allah's displeasure, wrath and curse which incur disgrace in this world and eternal loss in the next world. Shirk and disobedience of Allah were the main features of the nations which were suffered by Azab in this world. Such Punishments from Allah were always according to certain rules. Lives and cities of those nations were destroyed but on the other hand the nations who persist in Allah remain intact by this wrath. They achieved Allah's benevolence and comfort in the worldly life. The Holy Quran explains those rules and principles at length according to which Allah punished nations and also gives their detailed histories. In the thesis under consideration, these rules and principles have been extracted from Holy Quran and are applied on the nations which were destroyed by Azab. By understanding these rules and principles, the Muslims can avoid Allah's wrath and get His willingness and benevolence. Moreover problems of Present days can only be overcome and resolved by learning from the previous nations and correcting our own actions in the light of Quran and Sunnah which consequently will bring prosperity, comfort and peace in this world and an honorable position among other nations of the world.