COMMUNAL HARMONY

COMMUNAL HARMONY The Quran says: Mankind! We have created you from a male and female, and made you into peoples and tribes, so that you might come to know each other. (49: 13) There may be differences between people as regards religion and culture. Yet there is a common element among people, and that is they are humans. According to the teaching of Islam, everyone should be accorded equal status as a human being, even if differences exist between them. The Prophet of Islam used to rise early in the morning and say in his morning prayer: “O God, I bear witness that all human beings are sisters and brothers to each other.” The entire human race is destined to live together as one family. Togetherness is the culture of the universe of which we are but a tiny part. Togetherness is the only foundation for a better human society.