THE REASON FOR DIFFERENCES

The Reason for Differences ~ 56 ~ 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.