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*The Beginning and the End*
*Episode 13*
*What are Humans?*
They are a creation who Allah fashioned in the best stature.
Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says:
Verily, We created man of the best stature (mould). [95:4]
He fashioned man perfectly and gave him due proportion. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says:
O man! What has made you careless concerning your Rubb, the Most Generous. *
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.*
In whatever form He willed, He put you together. [82:6-8]
He fashioned man in the best and most complete shape. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says:
Allah, it is He Who has made for you the earth as a dwelling place and the sky as a canopy, and has given you shape and has perfected and completed your shapes and has provided you with good things. That is Allah, your
Rubb, then blessed be Allah, the Rubb of the all that exists. [40:64]
He preferred and honored him above all other creations. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says:
And indeed We have honored the Children of Adam, and We have carried them on land and sea, and have provided them with lawful good things, and have preferred them above many of those whom We have created with a
marked preference. [17:70]
Allah subjected everything in the universe at the disposal of humans. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says:
And has subjected to you all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth; it is all as a favor and kindness from Him. [45:13]
Humans are a distinct creation. They have not evolved from other beings. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says:
Who has perfected everything He has created, and He began the creation of man from clay. [32:7
What a difference between Qur'anic texts which honour man and raise his status and the theories which equate man with animals? The Qur'an does not describe man as an animal
except when he trails behind his lusts and desires without restriction, and does not use his intellect, hearing or sight to ponder over the magnificent creation of the heavens and earth. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says:
And surely We have created many of the jinn and mankind for Hell. They have hearts wherewith they understand not, they have eyes wherewith they see not, and they have ears wherewith they hear not (the truth).
They are like cattle, nay even more astray. Those! They are the heedless ones. [7:179]
This is due to the fact that if one utilizes these senses properly – in pondering and contemplating – it would lead him to believe in Allah, after His (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) Grace.
Ibn-ul-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:
"Allah, the Exalted, chose man from among all creation and honored him such that He created them to worship Him. He created all things in the universe at their disposal. He also bestowed upon them knowledge, and chose them for His love. He gave them things which were not given to anyone else. He subjected for them all that is in the heavens and earth and what is in between, even the angels who are the nearest of His creation to Him. He used angels to protect man, while he is sleeping and awake, and while he is sitting and standing. He revealed to them His Books, and sent to them His Messengers, and spoke to them and addressed them. He chose some of them for His love, and He spoke to others, and others were very pious. He revealed to them His
secrets, and made them the objects of His Wisdom and Love. He created Jannah and Hell-Fire for them; His creation and command, reward and punishment revolve around the human race, for he is the finest of creation. Man is charged with obeying the commands and abstaining from the prohibitions, and on account of that, he would be rewarded or punished."
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