Human being has been blessed with many qualities; some
are evident while others are latent. The most important quality is the ability
of human to learn and use the knowledge to his/her advantage. Allah says in
Qur’an: “And He (God) imparted in to Adam the knowledge of the names of all
things; then He placed them before the angels and said: "Tell Me the
nature of these if ye are right.”(Qur’an;2:31 ). From this it may legitimately be inferred that the
“the knowledge of all names” denotes here man’s faculty of logical definition
and, thus of conceptual thinking. God created and sent the human to this world
by imparting the knowledge, intelligence and the faculty of rationale thinking
to exploit all which is in the heaven and earth to his benefit. This makes
human superior specie to all others even to angels, to enable him to be His
vicegerent. It is now up to the man to prove himself worthy of His trust by
making use of these faculties to explore the mysteries of the nature and the
world (made subservient to him) to get benefited in this world and hereafter.
It is mentioned in Qur’an: “He is the One Who spread out the earth and placed
thereon mountains and rivers, created fruits of every kind in pairs, two and
two and makes the night cover the day. Certainly in these things there are
messages for those who think.”(Qur’an;13:3). “He has created the heavens and
the earth to manifest the Truth; Exalted be He above they all that they
associate (with Him).”(Qur’an;16:2), “Surely it is Allah Who causes the seed
and the fruit-stone to split and sprout. He brings forth the living from the
dead and the dead from the living. It is Allah, Who does all this; then why are
you being misled?”(Qur’an;6:95). “It is He Who has made the earth manageable to
you, to walk through its tracts and eat of His provided sustenance. To Him is
the return at resurrection.” (Qur’an;67:15). Man has managed to make paths through
deserts and over mountains: through rivers and seas by means of ships; through
the air by means of airways; he has made bridges and tunnels and other means of
communication. But this he has only been able to do because Allah has given him
the necessary intelligence to acquire knowledge and has made the earth
tractable through it.
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