Table of Contents
- What is Islam? What is the Purpose of Islam
- Teachings of Prophets for Social and Reproduction matters
- 1. What They taught about Right Belief?
- 2. How Prophets applied social justice rules, for survival and reproduction
- Five pillars, books, and sectors in Islam and why Islam faced resistance from other religions?
- Reminder of Quran for everyone
The Creator’s Divine Guidance through Prophets:
As we discussed earlier about creation on humans in pair then how their growth on earth brought social challenges and why The Creator sent guidance by angels to chosen individuals (Prophets) to guide humans. Now here we explore, how Prophets did deal with those challenges and what they educated for better individual’s and social life with the guidance from Creator.
| “Mankind was [of] one religion [community]. And Allah sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Book in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed…” Al-Baqarah (2:213)
These all messages and laws were compiled in holy books of different religions like Christians, Jews etc. And in the last, culminating these all in the Quran as the final guide.
1. What They taught about right Belief? What is the purpose of right belief?
Every Prophet taught about the Tawhid, belief in one unseen Creator who created human beings and made this life a test (trial) for recording everyone’s actions. And after death, on the day of judgment, He will resurrect everyone for accountability, rewarding those who did good to others and punishing those who did wrong to others, leading to an unimaginable and eternal life in the Hereafter – with the supreme honor of meeting their Lord.
The Creator’s presence is unseen while the trial, so social life is not directly controlled by force or fear. Believing in the Creator is only by seeing his signs in nature.
| “Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers. And in your own creation, and whatever living beings He dispersed, are signs for people of sure faith.” Al-Jathiya (45:3–4)
| “And they ask you concerning the Spirit (ar-Rūḥ). Say: The Spirit is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind has not been given of knowledge except a little.” Al-Isra 17:85
Purpose of Right Belief in the Social life
Tawhid (believing in One Creator) makes humans united. Fear of accountability in the afterlife enforces self-controlled, justified actions (even if they are hidden) to stabilize social life. Hope of eternal reward in the afterlife promotes right actions and brings peace and justice in life.
1. True belief is the core foundation for unity, equality, peace, true guidance, and a stable society for humanity.
2. While assumptions based wrong beliefs are the biggest injustice with humanity, distorted beliefs always create divisions (which lead to conflicts, confusions, wrong guidance, and long-term instabilities with injustice). That’s why Shirk (associates with Creator) is unforgivable sin in Islam
| “Say, ‘He is Allah, [who is] One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent.’” Al-Ikhlas (112)
| “And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided…” Aal-e-Imran (3:103)
| “Indeed, Allah does not forgive Shirk (associates with Allah),…” An-Nisa (4:116)
| “O you who believe! Avoid much assumptions. Indeed, some assumptions are sin….” Al-Hujurat (49:12)
| “And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge….” Al-Isra (17:36)
| “And if all the trees on the earth were pens and the sea were ink, with seven more seas added to it, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is All-Mighty, All Wise.” Al-Luqman (31:27)
Also, the Creator has already placed the true belief in humans’ hearts and sense of true and false for self-judgment.
| “By the soul and the One who formed it, and inspired it with its wrongdoing and its righteousness, successful indeed is the one who purifies it.” Ash-Shams (91:7–9)
2. How Prophets applied social justice rules, for survival and reproduction:
2.1. Primary Education:
As we discussed before about creation of humans in pair and their growth on earth brought many social challenges along religion conflicts. For these, All Prophets (from Adam to Muhammad ﷺ), after educating Tawhid (right belief), were mainly focused on educating social ethics and laws for humans’ reproduction cycle.
Hadith:
- “Whoever guarantees me what is between his jaws (kind & true use of tongue) and what is between his legs (lawful use of private parts), I guarantee him Paradise.” Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Riqaq, Hadith 6474
They taught “kindness is a superpower” because all the humans are born with blank minds, they live and die while learning. Making mistakes is the part of learning, that’s why speaking truth with the kindness is the purest way to guide everyone.
- “He who is deprived of kindness is deprived of all goodness.” Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Birr wa al-Silah, Hadith 2592
They make people aware of truth by inviting them to observe the signs in nature for right guidance. While inviting, some Prophets migrated with their followers to save faith and lives. Establish Just Social System and Protect the innocents from Injustice.
2.2. Reproduction Laws:
For the safety of new generations and mental health—They regulated gender interactions, defined their social responsibilities, guided lawful sexual relationships, shaped modest dress standards (by restricting body shape & skin-revealing clothes and shameless talks in public to avoid unwanted sexual attractions), and protected family rights (for social and generational safety).
| “Do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse.” — Al-Isrāʾ (17:32)
| “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is All-Aware of what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their private parts and not to display their adornment except what normally appears of it, and to draw their headcovers over their chests, and not to display their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their women, those their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of women’s private aspects. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.” An-Nur (24:30-31)
| “O children of Adam! We have sent down to you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness—that is best. That is from the signs of Allah, so that they may remember.” Al-A‘raf (7:26)
Example how genders duties were assigned:
Biology shapes human roles: if a five-year-old boy and girl stand near a 3-kg stone, society instinctively expects the boy to lift it based on physical design. This childhood division grows into distinct adult experiences, for example, a man working in a wheat field gains the practical problem-solving skills, which helps him alot in leadership in the field, while women are shielded from such tasks and perform the tasks according to their biology.That’s why, Forcing the identical duties ignores these natural differences, leading to long-term social imbalance, because human desires cannot override biological reality.
| “Men are protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given one more strength than the other, and because they support them from their wealth.” Surah An-Nisā’ (4:34)
2.3. How They Defined Individual’s Responsibility:
Prophets also taught that each human is a role model for others; his good and bad actions affect and influence others’ actions too. As Life is a designed test for everyone to record their good & bad choices and their efforts—how they learn from truth, practice it, and share it to the others, Whether they are muslims or non-muslims. And everything will be judged in the afterlife.
And Identical lives, death, memories and actions with aftereffects for other humans are the clear signs for the Resurrection.
| “You are the best nation produced for mankind: you enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and believe in Allah.”- Āl-‘Imrān 3:110
2.4. Social ethics & laws:
They taught about communication ethics, kindness for teaching, and prohibiting intoxicants and harmful activities. Safeguarding life, dignity, health, Wealth by educating and punishing with truth and justice, etc.
| “Satan only wants to sow enmity and hatred among you through intoxicants and gambling and to prevent you from the remembrance of Allah and prayer. Will you then desist?” — Al-Mā’idah 5:91
2.5. Financial laws:
For fair trades, they restricted unjust/untraceable activities (Interest, Fraud, etc.), and restricted the transactions which create conflicts and injustice (gambling, bets, etc.) and promoted charity (for poverty reduction), economic ethics, etc.
| “Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly…” — Al-Baqarah 2:188
Five pillars, books, and sectors in Islam……(read more)
Reminder of Quran for everyone:
| “Say, ‘O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.’” — Az-Zumar 39:53
| “Except for those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds — for them Allah will replace their bad deeds with good deeds. And Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” — Al-Furqan 25:70
| “Indeed, those who believed, and those who were Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians—whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and does righteous deeds—shall have their reward with their Lord. No fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.” Al-Baqarah (2:62)
