Islam: The Voice of Human Nature

~ 41 ~ consonance with each other. Nearly one hundred elements, the components of all the known matter in the universe, work in perfect accord, and no clash of purpose has ever been detected in them. It behoves man also to emulate their example and, in the carrying out of whatever his tasks may be, avoid any confrontations with others. RESULT ORIENTATION An inestimable virtue of the universe is that all its activities bear fruit (13:17). As far as our world is concerned, the rotation of the earth, the alternation between day and night, the rains, the changes of the seasons, etc., are all, as it were, result-oriented. Natural activity, if allowed to go on unhindered, will never culminate infructuously, and man would do well to adapt himself to this principle. All his activities should be engaged in with their final outcome in mind. And things which are likely to prove fruitless or produce unwholesome results should be sedulously avoided.