"O Mankind, We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other. Verily the most honored of you in the sight of God is he who is the most righteous of you" (Quran 49:13).
Explanation: There are several principles, which this verse presents:
1.This message is not just for Muslims only because God is addressing all of humanity. While Muslims are one brotherhood, this is part of a larger brotherhood of humanity.
2.God is telling us that He has created us. Therefore He knows the best about us.
3.He says that He created us from one man and one woman meaning then that we are all the same.
4.These difference among nations, is a sign from God ("And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colors. Verily, in that are indeed signs for those who know" [Quran 30:22]).
2007-10-02 11:23:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
5.Islam, however, limits the purpose of these distinctions to differentiation and knowing each other. This is not meant to be a source of beating each other down with an attitude of ‘my group is better than your group' or false pride as is the case with tribalism, nationalism, colonialism, and racism.
6.The only source of preference or greatness among human beings is not on a national or group level, but it is at the individual level by piety, righteousness, God consciousness.
7.However, the only criterion of preference, Taqwa (God consciousness), is not measurable by human beings. Indeed God is the One Who knows and decide.
2007-10-02 11:24:37 · update #1
This is what changed the heart of a racist Malcolm X when he performed Hajj in Makkah. This is the theory which convinced noted historian Professor A.J. Toynbee in 1948 to say that: "The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue."
2007-10-02 11:25:07 · update #2
Statement of the universal brotherhood from the prophet (PBUH):
•people, Remember that your Lord is One. An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a black has no superiority over white, nor a white has any superiority over black, except by piety and good action (Taqwa). Indeed the best among you is the one with the best character (Taqwa). Listen to me. Did I convey this to you properly? People responded, Yes. O messenger of God, The Prophet then said, then each one of you who is there must convey this to everyone not present. (Excerpt from the Prophet's Last Sermon as in Baihiqi)
2007-10-02 11:26:52 · update #3
•Don't take pride in ancestry: The Prophet said: Let people stop boasting about their ancestors. One is only a pious believer or a miserable sinner. All men are sons of Adam, and Adam came from dust (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
•Looking down upon other people will stop you from entering Paradise: The Prophet said: Whoever has pride in his heart equal to the weight of an atom shall not enter Paradise. A man inquired about a person who likes to wear beautiful clothes and fine shoes, and he answered: God is beautiful and likes beauty. Then he explained pride means rejecting the truth because of self-esteem and looking down on other people (Muslim).
2007-10-02 11:27:23 · update #4
And still they want to cut off my head? Shame on them!
2007-10-02 11:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
Anyone who can say with a straight face that Islam is a religion that places any importance on the 'brotherhood of humanity' is the most astonishing piece of work ever!
How can a person make this claim knowing full well, that even among Muslims, murder and killing are rampant?
The majority of Muslims dying in places like Iraq or Afghanistan are dying at the hands of fellow Muslims, not the US military.
2007-10-02 11:39:17 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
This makes no sense at all.
"O Mankind, We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other. Verily the most honored of you in the sight of God is he who is the most righteous of you" (Quran 49:13).
Mankind created "nations and tribes", not the fiction of Allah, but lets suppose Allah did make nations and tribes right along with adam and eve...how does this help us to get to "know each other"! It does the opposite! Its nationalism that divides greatly!!
2007-10-02 11:29:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
So, if Islam is about 'universal brotherhood' how come they can not refrain from killing each other?
You are beginning to take on all the characteristics of a troll...
2007-10-02 11:29:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
TY for posting this. One of the reasons I fell in love with Islam.
2007-10-02 11:28:55 · answer #5 · answered by hayaa_bi_taqwa 6 · 3⤊ 5⤋
is it time for islam preaching now?
2007-10-02 11:30:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋