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Fourth: man is vicegerent, charged with building the earth

Fourth: man is vicegerent, charged with building the earth

Point 4 of 7 — Lesson 1: Belief in Divine Decree, Building the Earth and Righteous WorkQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)

04 Fourth: man is vicegerent, charged with building the earth

Purpose of creation

  • God created jinn and mankind for a noble purpose — worshipping Him: "I did not create jinn and mankind except to worship Me" — adh-Dhariyat 56.
  • For the purpose to be complete, God placed man as a vicegerent on earth and entrusted it with its cultivation.

Istikhlaf (vicegerency)

  • "And when your Lord said to the angels: I am placing on earth a vicegerent" — al-Baqara 30.
  • God distinguished man with the qualifications — reason, knowledge and will — to bear the responsibility of that vicegerency.
  • God sent messengers to guide him to the straight path and to build the earth in a way that accords with divine wisdom.

Building the earth

  • "He has brought you into existence from the earth and asked you to thrive in it" — Hud 61.
  • Cultivation includes: work and production, science and research, protecting the resources of the earth, and spreading justice and good.
  • In Islam reason is a means to reflect on the universe for the good of humanity and the building of the earth; Islam does not contradict established scientific facts.

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