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