The Islamic Concept Of Inter-Human Relation

"And mankind is naught but a single nation."

[The Glorious Qur'an 2:213]

Explanation: We are all the children of Adam, and Adam was made of dust. Here dawned the idea for the first time in human history that all men have a common origin and that, because of their common origin, because we belong to Allah, the whole of humanity is but one family, one nation and should, ideally, form one fraternity, the universal brotherhood of man.

The differences of color and languages, of build and of features are not regarded as differences of quality, or as marks or degrees of excellence, but as an expression of the diversity in nature: Says the Holy Quran:

“Among His Signs is this, that He created you from dust: and then, behold, ye are men scattered (far and wide)”

“And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations in your languages and your colours; verily in that are Signs for those who know.”

(Holy Qur’an 30: 20 -22)

The Islamic concept of inter-human relation, its high ideal of human brotherhood and the actualisation of this ideal in history, in contrast to the antagonism between the different races of man as preached and practiced by racism.

There is no question now of race or nation, of a chosen people , or of Hindu or Jew or Gentile, Arab or ‘Ajam, Turk or Tajik, European or Asiatic, White or Coloured; Aryan, Semitic, Mongolian, or African; or American, Australian or Polynesian. Prophet Muhammad (saws) was sent to them all - and that distinguishes him from all other prophets, and that also distinguishes Islam from all other religions.

The message that was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (saws) was a message addressed to all nations on earth, and the principles set forth in that message applied universally to the whole of mankind. He was the last of the prophets, and Islam, based on the revelation which the Holy Prophet received is the final and perfect expression of the Divine Will.

Says the Holy Qur’an:

“This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.”

(Holy Qur’an 5:4)