The Standard of History

THE STANDARD OF HISTORY God, the Creator of man has instilled the concept of Paradise in human nature. That is why every man and woman is born with great desires and aspirations. T his approach appears to be the most convincing way of judging history. By viewing history from this angle, we can see that there have existed noble and righteous people in every generation in the jungle of the corrupted and the perverted. In this human jungle, we find such noble characters as that of Abel, Adam’s son, who said to Cain, his brother, who wanted to kill him, “If you raise your hand to kill me, I will not raise mine to kill you. I fear God, the Lord of the Universe.” (5:28) This was a statement of peace. Thus, he set the highest example of peace-making beyond which there is no level of pacifism. In a similar way, Hajira, mother of Prophet Ishmael, was born in that same corrupt society. Two thousand five hundred years ago, according to God’s plan, she made a supreme sacrifice by agreeing to settle in