Islam The Voice of Human Nature
3. ISLAM IS THE VOICE OF HUMAN NATURE
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as unfeeling and selfish creatures. Indeed,
throughout their entire lives, they must set aside
some portion for others.
One very wrong way of conducting oneself in any
social set-up is to live in expectation of worldly gain
from the services rendered to others. An example of
such behaviour is to lend money in the hopes of
getting it back with interest. Where this is a
common practice, exploitation becomes rampant,
with everyone trying to subjugate and plunder
others. As a consequence, the whole of society is
plagued with disorder. No one, be he rich or poor,
can be happy in such a set-up. If a man is correctly
motivated, he will be of service to his fellow-human
beings only in the hope of receiving a reward from
God: he will give to others with the divine
assurance that he will be repaid in full in the next
world. In a society where there is no exploitation,
feelings of mutual hatred and unconcern cannot
flourish. A climate of mutual distrust and disorder
is simply not allowed to come into being; each lives
in peace with the other, and society becomes, a
model of harmony and prosperity.
