Belief is an essential part of man’s life. The belief of an individual exercises its influence on the material and mundane aspects of life. It is belief which finally serves as a torch light for a human being when he comes to a point of making a decision about right and wrong. The choice between right and wrong and good and bad could be arbitrary or subject to a defined pattern of a value system.
The value system which finally governs man’s conduct could be laid down by man himself or it could have a super-human force. This pattern of beliefs and values falls onto the arena that we call “religion” or a “system of faith.”
The best system of faith and value pattern for human beings must be the one which has a close proximity with the nature of man. This is the only rightful system which could be suitable and beneficial for him. Certainly man has not created himself. He is one of the creatures of a supreme Being, namely, Allah.
Man is the best of all creatures and has been created in the most suitable proportions. Since man has not created himself, he can have no claim whatsoever to possess an ultimate knowledge of himself and his nature. Consequently, if he tries to create a value system for himself, he is not able to evolve it in accordance with his own nature. Even if we presume that he might evolve a value pattern which may be close to his own nature, he cannot claim a certainty on this score, as he, being the subject of his own nature, cannot claim to have a total understanding of it.
The value system which finally governs man’s conduct could be laid down by man himself or it could have a super-human force. This pattern of beliefs and values falls onto the arena that we call “religion” or a “system of faith.”
The best system of faith and value pattern for human beings must be the one which has a close proximity with the nature of man. This is the only rightful system which could be suitable and beneficial for him. Certainly man has not created himself. He is one of the creatures of a supreme Being, namely, Allah.
Man is the best of all creatures and has been created in the most suitable proportions. Since man has not created himself, he can have no claim whatsoever to possess an ultimate knowledge of himself and his nature. Consequently, if he tries to create a value system for himself, he is not able to evolve it in accordance with his own nature. Even if we presume that he might evolve a value pattern which may be close to his own nature, he cannot claim a certainty on this score, as he, being the subject of his own nature, cannot claim to have a total understanding of it.