| Respect
Qur'ān
Sūrah al Isra' 17.70
"Now, indeed, We have conferred dignity on the children of
Adam."
Sūrah al Ahzab 33.72
Human beings are deemed worthy of esteem because of all creation they
alone chose to accept the "trust" of freedom of will.
Sūrah al Baqarah 2.30-34
Human beings can exercise freedom of will because they possess the
rational faculty, which is what distinguishes them from all other
creatures.
Sūrah at Tin 95.4-6
Though human beings can become "the lowest of the lowest," the
Qur'an declares that they have been made "in the best of
moulds", having the ability to think, to have knowledge of right and
wrong, to do the good and to avoid the evil. Thus, on account of the
promise which is contained in being human, namely, the potential to be
God's vicegerent on earth, the humanness of all human beings is to be
respected and considered to be an end in itself.
Sūrah
at Tawbah 9.71
"And [as for] the believers, both men and women - they are friends
and protectors of one another: they [all] enjoin the doing of what is
right and forbid the doing of what is wrong, and are constant in prayer,
and render the purifying dues, and pay heed unto God and His apostle. It
is they upon whom God will bestow His grace: verily, God is almighty,
wise."
Ahadith
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
Allah's Apostle said. "It is one of the
greatest sins that a man should curse his parents." It was asked (by
the people), "O Allah's Apostle! How does a man curse his
parents?" The Prophet said, "'The man abuses the father of
another man and the latter abuses the father of the former and abuses his
mother."
Bukhāri Volume 8, Book 73, Number 4
Muslims
for Human Dignity
Dr.
Muzammil H. Siddiqi
Unity
& Diversity: Islamic Perspective Dr.
Muzammil H. Siddiqi
Forgiveness:
Islamic Perspective Dr.
Muzammil H. Siddiqi
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