The Qur’an For All Humanity
The Reason for Differences
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THE REASON FOR DIFFERENCES
Men, We have created you from a male and a
female, and made you into nations and tribes that
you might get to know one another. The noblest of
you in God’s sight is the most righteous of you.
God is Wise and All, knowing.
(The Qur’an 49:13)
People appear to be quite different from one
another, but all of them have descended from one
pair of parents Adam and Eve. When God decreed
that a creature such as man should come into
existence, he created an archetypal couple — a male
and a female, in order to initiate human
procreation. As the numbers of humans increased,
they began spreading over different parts of the
globe, until the entire world, over a long period of
time, came to be inhabited by men and women.
Geographical conditions vary in different places, in
some parts being very hot, in others very cold.
Eating habits also vary from place to place, in some
parts non-vegetarian food forming the staple diet,
in others, vegetarian food, etc.
