THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY: Islam’s Ethical and Spiritual Outlook

the great virtues of speaking the truth and accepting the truth are born. It is in such a setting that situations arise where one person is credited for proclaiming the truth, and another is rewarded for accepting it. GOD’S CREATION PLAN There is a guidance system at work in this world. It is based on the principle of belief in the unseen (Quran, 2:3). This means that the world has been designed in such a way that its deeper truths and realities are not immediately visible to the human eye. Now, it is man’s task to activate his intellectual faculties, uncover these hidden truths, and live in accordance with them. A human being is expected to acknowledge God as the greatest, even though His greatness is not visible to the eye. A human being is expected to fear God’s punishment, even though His power to punish cannot be seen anywhere in the world. In the same way, a human being is expected to support the callers to truth, even though they always appear in the form of ordinary people. Recognizing them is only possible for someone who can look beyond outward appearances and see with deeper insight. The same is true of ordinary worldly matters. The world held countless material possibilities, but all of them were hidden within the earth. Discovering these material resources and shaping them into an advanced civilization